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I agree, the TD4 is a great all rounder. The feeling I get is that the I6 would be expensive to run and parts, the I4 would be better being a Ford engine but don't think they were available in UK and would only be at the tail end of your year range.

2.2 TD4 in the FL2 👍 Perfect - plenty of grunt

I think you will have to get a key and remote from a LR garage who can program it. Failing that you are going to need to get all sorts of bits from a breakers. Which bits depends on the year. Mine has the immobiliser chip in the fob, not the...

The DSG gearbox ion the Octavia was very nice in many ways but (I guess) because it had clutches rather than a torque converter the engine could not build up revs before engaging the auto clutch. It was fine on the flat but pulled away really...

When my daughter bought her first car she wanted a Mazda 2/Demio. The 3rd gen version about 2010. They were all 1.3 autos and were terrible piles of pooh. She had been driving our 90's 1.3 manual Toyota Starlet and even she was devastated at...

It's not perfect, but I quite like it. i think that maybe the gearbox assumes that the engine has more torque than it does, so it does take a fair bit of accelerator depression before it "kicks down", but I actually quite like that. I can...

This is the one I'm thinking of... https://landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/baffling-to-me-front-half-shaft-axle-length-mystery-too-short-twice.394540/

Do you still have the old drive shaft? When you get the one in question off, and the new one - compare to the old one. It appears there are some being distributed that are not the exact same dimensions - they are a few mm difference in some...

You have no excuses for dirty smalls now! Hope the job works out.

Spot the difference a day makes in Canterbury when a foehn norwest wind heating up warm Tasman air as it comes off the Southern Alps turns southerly dragging up cold Antarctic air from the Southern Ocean.

A juddery nightmare. Hope you can get it sorted soon.

Actually, I was pondering that today whilst toodling along at about 45mph - thought the revs sounded a bit high - and pondered popping the lever over and changing gear myself. I've only ever put it into manual control coming down long steep...

Here's a tip for improving the mpg on an auto FL2. Snick the gear knob to the left and change up a gear manually a bit earlier than it would in auto. On a long 'A' road run, where you could be sitting all day at 50 or 60 mph in 5th gear, you can...

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Which is fine if the box or TC doesn't pack a sad. In which case, you have a far bigger bill than replacing a clutch.

While we're waving our will showing our dash displays...

Well done. Its a proper project that keeps giving this eh? Most kids stick to Mechano :D

We're driving again! 😀 During testing I was poking about at the wiring and suddenly one of the relays in the relay module triggered and after a few minutes more poking I figured it looks like the relay module is faulty. This is the offending...

That's a stunning motor. Mind you, if they can't even get things like "All Round Electric Windows" right in the description, you wonder what else they have made up or got wrong.

Don't be rushed into buying 1 and ending up with a lemon. There are lots available, so you should be able to find a cracking motor. Try and get 1 in as near perfect condition as possible. My F1 is 26 years old so has a few things wrong with...

Excellent write up, thanks very much for that. I am definitely getting close to hunting for a FL2. I think I will go for manual. Pulling my boat out of water is child's play, even a 2WD car could do it, the extra traction just helps with any...

Spend a couple of hours under the FL1. Initially I was wanting to add an extra aluminium washer to the first gear switch on the g'box to see if I could get rid of the amber HDC warning lamp. But I could find the right washer anywhere :( So I...

I agree with this. As it does not have low-range, an auto will be easier for retrieving your boat.

My experience is that the MPG figures you've been quoted at a bit above what you will get. But I may be wrong. I got my first Landie in about 2000, a D1 300TDI Auto. Was a good car, very sluggish - both trying to get it to go quicker... and...