My silver 5dr td4 has gone missing in Glasgow/ Rutherglen area sometime between Tuesday 8th lunchtime and 9.30 this morning - MM55TRZ Freestyle 17" three spoke alloys, alcantara interior. It's also full of Saab 9000 front body panels in dark blue and the tools needed to remove them...

https://www.mg-rover.org/threads/mgtf-flip-key-lucus-2-button-my-interpretation.796441/ Just edited the link - a post further down answers my question about the blade. As I suspected it is probably a Ford spec for the later Freelander 1s! Not the H101 though - it seems to be a straight and flat...

Yup, that's the very one. All the blipper stuff fits inside with minimal trimming - got the details from an MG forum, I'll see if I can find a link.

Cheers! I used an LDV blank the last time, but as I say the 'fluting' along the key is wrong. The key part supplied in the replacements is made of chocolate too, so a proper key is what I want. The older style flex key had too small a head to cut down but maybe I'll sacrifice one of the current...

Has anyone experience of changing a later type "non folding" key to a flip job? On my old '99 it was so simple the key cutting guy had it done for me in minutes once we'd sourced the best new key blank to work from. The keys for my new '06 are completely different though. Still the good old...

I guess I'll just go for it then! All was up and working before I left it, so fingers crossed it'll just start right back up again...

I bought a 55 plate TD4 a few days before lockdown and it has been sitting in the car park at work ever since... The battery wasn't great, so I've had it at home charging in the meantime. Question is, are there likely to be any issues with it sitting without power for so long? So, the back...

205/80 should go straight on. You're correct about being slightly narrower - in theory by 10mm! - so they'll miss the struts OK. They will be taller overall, so give a slight increase in ground clearance, but should still clear the arch liners without issue. No lift kit or spacers required. I...

No wonder you gave up on the Disco then - must've been starving...

Thanks for doing so too! I picked up a Td4 last week that feels dead until the turbo kicks in and goes well thereafter, sounds like something I should check when I do an oil & filters change once the rain stops...

That's outrageous! It's 2020 FFS... Despite technological advances that's still barely time to make the bed and do the washing! Do you have to survive on Pot Noodles or takeaways?

It's gone again! Can't get any response to the remote. No locking trying to open or close, everything powered up when I turn on the ignition, but then the clock and stereo go off when I try to start it. Dash lights don't dim or flicker, so I'm assuming the car battery is fine. Alarm sounds if I...

Right, I managed back to the black (2000) car yesterday. Thought I'd try the remote as I walked up to it and lo-and-behold the central locking triggered! Dash LED stopped flashing, so with baited breath I turned the ignition and it started first turn :D No idea what I've done, but suspect it...

OK, that's interesting. One's turning over, the other isn't even though everything lights up and I can listen to the radio whilst I ponder my next move...

Thanks for the replies. I do have the Bearmach code reader but didn't have it with me this afternoon. Will dig it out for tomorrow evening to see what it says. My first thought was the battery in the remote, so I changed the batteries. Took out Duracells and replaced with new generic but...

Hi, it's been a while, but all sorts has been happening with me and only now is it the time to get my Freelanders back on the road! However, I seem to be hitting the same problem with both. Main batterries were flat and have been replaced with fully charged reasonably new ones. The alarm (horn)...

No, paper gasket is for the alloy intake manifold on VVC engines.Those the 'traditional' flat metal to flat metal type join, hence the 'traditional' paper gasket. You gasket set will have come with the bits to do different versions of the K-Series in one packet. A wee bit of Blue Hylomar or...

Plugs were out, but I'll be swapping them in the morning anyway - they're the last part of the ignition that's not been replaced. Timing cover off too to check those cam sprockets. They stayed on the cams, but I didn't check them personally so will have a good look. Is it possible that the...

Running a bit on the noisy side I must admit, certainly not smoothly. That's what was making me think that there is a timing issue, but I suppose damaged valves could be giving similar symptoms. Not had a chance today to do anything else tbh, but the new CAT arrived. Working just now so it'll...

No, the cams stayed in the head. Gasket was actually not in too bad nick and the head was fine using a steel rule. Only reason I went the whole hog with the head gasket change was the "90' out" timing that it seemed to have when I went to change the water pump :mad:...