Yes I did. There was a weight change for the 2006 Model Year according to Land Rover, but it was like getting blood out of a stone. There was another thread here concerning confusion about Tyre Load Ratings http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/2254005-post31.html which covers it all too.

Grayo: My 2006 MY TD4 was registered May 2006, it's an 06. Check your B pillar. If it has a 2505 Kg GVW and a 1120 Kg Max Rear axle then iit's like mine, and presumably LR would tell you the same as me: 101 Load Rating. They said: "The gross vehicle weight was increased as a programme change...

Many thanks sijw. First response I've had since I put that up 16 months ago! I'll bear the Latitudes in mind for the future. What I did in the end was to get some secondhand little-worn 2006 Synchrone 101Hs privately from a guy in Scotland on the basis that with your weather they would have...

I wondered about that too. The first of the Freelander 2s, launched later in 2006 also had a GVW of 2505kg albeit with a Gross Train of 4505kg rather than 4080. I suspect that they were trying out a higher max rear axle load in the last of the FL1s prior to launching the FL2, but whether it was...

Singvogel: Mine was first registered May 2006 and the B pillar plate says: 2505kg (GVW) 4080kg (Gross train) 1100 Kg (Front axle) 1460Kg (Rear Axle) and when I purchased it 18 months ago the 101H Synchrones had production dates of 0406 & 0606 i.e. week 4 & week 6 of 2006 therefore I am...

There is a bit of an issue here. The problem is that LR never specified load ratings in the handbooks, and they seem to have fitted whatever load rating was available. This is then made more difficult because the handbook says in backside-covering mode: "For optimum performance and handling...

Thanks, great process description. Pity LR didn't put something like that in the manual....

Ok thanks Sinvogel. That foghorn noise when it started up scared my wife half to death yesterday - she was walking right in front of it...

This is my first winter with a 2006 FL TD4. Am hearing some new noises which I assume are from the Fuel Burning Heater. After turning off the engine there is a whirring noise which continues for for 30-40 secs then stops. I assume that that is the FBH (seems to come mostly from the metal pipe...

I didn't overfill, just filled to the pump cut-out. There was no overflow at the time I filled up. I then drove home a further 34 miles (about 3.8 litres @ 40.2mpg on that tankful), and after it had been parked on the level for a day or so, then used again, there was that patch underneath. It...

Maybe, or out of the overflow. I was trying to find the density of diesel at different temperatures, but it's all very complicated. However, it seems that 12 gallons-worth could expand by 0.7% between 19C and 25C. In fact that's 0.4 litres which is not insignificant. Quite whether that means...

OK I've done that. And what a superb piece of design engineering to tuck all that lot neatly away behind the wheel. Not. I started the car from cold (in neutral!) and ran it for a bit, then left it half an hour, then started again. All is tight, it was as dry as a bone so it's unlikely to be a...

Many thanks. BTW, I have had a large piece of cardboard underneath there overnight, and there were no new deposits this morning. Also started up, moved it bit, braked a bit - still no new drips. Just done that, could not encourage any new drips. Yes, possible, but it seems to be a bit...

Have found a patch where some fluid seems to have leaked/discharged from the rear O/S underside onto the granite chippings below. It is clean fluid which has lightly coated the chippings about 18" across and 5-6" from front to rear. It has not dried out so it can't be water, it is a bit oily...

I have been chastised for contaminating Mad Hat Man's FAQ, so am starting a new thread here. It is often said that all FL1s have a ET35 offset, but mine is one example that doesn't. My 2006 one has (Made in Hungary) original LR Evolution rims for 225/55R17 stamped on the insides with P/N...

Duly chastised. New thread will be done.

Duly chastised. New thread will be done.

Just seen this. It's the dreaded imperial to metric conversion. 4.5 inches x 25.4 mm per inch = 114.3mm. And then, just to confuse everyone, it gets rounded down to a nominal 114mm. And not all FL1s have a ET35 offset, either, as oft quoted. My 2006 one has (Made in Hungary) Evolution rims...

Just seen this. It's the dreaded imperial to metric conversion. 4.5 inches x 25.4 mm per inch = 114.3mm. And then, just to confuse everyone, it gets rounded down to a nominal 114mm. And not all FL1s have a ET35 offset, either, as oft quoted. My 2006 one has (Made in Hungary) Evolution rims...