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Oh, by the way India is probably marginally better than China. Many genuine Land Rover parts are made in India.

No one as far as I can tell. The Wipac ones work and the lenses are cheap so you can change them every few years or when they fade.

Then of course they will big up any job that may or may not need doing at a labour rate of £200+ per hr. Most people dont take a 13 year old car to a main dealer. You need to find an independent who has knowledge on Freelanders, you may find it...

Did you pay a Land Rover main dealer to check what it needed?

Yes they are stupid money, I'd keep the old ones.

The umbrella should always be open as landrovers leak that bad.

Big rust hole in the door for the umbrella.

Interesting, if anything our pump gear needs to go forward. I notice the 300tdi has bushes in the bracket hole the 200tdi has a fixed bracket. I bolted the pump to the timing case and left the bracket loose, tensioned the belt up and then did the...

I have tried three different timing cases and they all fit and measure up the same, injection pump gear is not quite in alignment, I can't see they all can be wrong. Injection pump is newly rebuilt but can't really see how it could be wrong...

Have a watch of this, quite interesting.

Finished shortening the roof. Replaced a fuse for the electric fan/reverse light relays. Made a small list of what to do next weekend.

Fitted a new 2nd hand striker for the passenger door, closes like a Rolls Royce, ok not quite but better. Replaced the top hinge on the rear end door with a new 2nd hand part, that closes better now also. Put the steering wheel on straight.

Just a nice classic car horn compared to modern cars.

Well done for the update, something to keep an eye on if I have a similar issue in the future.

Aha, that makes sense .

Oh, I read it as its bought already.

You think a garage is going to knock off £1.5k from a £4.5k repair bill? I don't think that will happen.

If I had bought a car then had to spend the same again to fix it then I may well call it a lemon.

Nope, makes no sense whatsoever, good that it's fixed though. Show us a photo of the part you mean.

Good morning to Yorkshire. Haven't been there for a while, some of it is nice.

https://www.lrworkshop.com/axles-differentials/pinion-flange-pinion-oil-seals

If the diff flange is worn then the seal won't seal against it. Also the seal is different depending on what mud shield your flange has. I am presuming the diff is the same as a Defender, if not ignore me.

I'm going to remove the injection pump gear and pump and reseat them tomorrow and see if I can see anything a miss. Quite what could be wrong I don't know.

Using my Heath Robinson straight edge the cam gear and crank gear are good. Using it across the cam gear and injection pump gear it suggests the outer edge (nearest the outer edge of the casing) of the pump gear is further back. There is a 1.6mm...

You could sent the ecu to be tested. Injector loom isn't a great deal of money. Somewhere along the line you will need to buy a suitable scanning tool so you may aswell buy it now.

It might be the horn button. I had that once on my wife's car, I was out and my wife didn't know how to deal with it. When I got back the horn was red hot, been going off for half hour. Still worked after it cooled down which I was pleased about...

Thinking out loud so bear with me. Crank gear can't be in the wrong place and cam gear can't be wrong. That leaves the injection pump which has a gasket (although I can't see that makes a difference) and also has the pump rear support bracket. So...

Yes

I thought you said you disconnected the horn from the loom? There is a battery disconnect procedure if your td5 has a bbus fitted.

With a lack of a straight edge I have used the back edge of a hacksaw blade (don't laugh). They all seem to be in alignment, level with each other. Warranty claim has gone in, let's see what happens.