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The panel on the Sport is held in place by a series of trim clips. Use a plastic wedge or trim tool to lift one corner, then work your way around carefully popping each on out, I think there are ten. You will need to disconnect the close button when you have access behind, beware of accidently...

Not shorted a starter for quite some time, but does that work with modern starters ? Not sure if they need an exciter feed to wake them up.

Gorra be honest, never seen that before. You've done a battery reset, next step could be hard reset, disconnect both battery leads and touch them against each other. Worth a go ?

I opened up my receiver box to expose the printed circuit and left to dry in tub of dry rice. An overnight in airing cupboard had it operating again after refit.

Did a LR Experience in a FL2 some years back the Freelander went 90% of the same route as the bigger cars. They will surprise you for most use. Just be aware LRE are expensive. I would shop around for local off road instruction and explain to instructor what you want and have you have FL. Not...

Yes 100Km is a long way but if you have no one local and it has you stumped then I would be considering it. If this guy is recommended and you trust him a recovery may be money well spent ?

Nanocom or similar standard will be a best choice. But, if it were me I would be spending my money on something like Foxwell or Autell. I know many will say you need a dedicated machine but it would be nice to use them on a variety of vehicles.

Presume you have self closing tailgate with powered struts ? These have anti trap feature to reduce accidents. I'm guessing they are sensing an obstruction and reopening for safety. Few things to check, make sure the tailgate seal is correctly fitted with no bulges or overlap. Open the tailgate...

OOh, it's been a long time but if I recall. Fold down seat and where the bracket holds the seat in the corner there is a lever which has to be pressed, this releases the bracket. Then lift up slightly and bring it away from the centre. I seem to remember it being quite difficult to access and...

Definitely keep, but don't start throwing money at it until you know the target.

Probably better buying two of the same if you can't clean. I bought two in bumper lights for my 1999 D2 after a BMW decided to write itself off with my rear end. First MoT afterwards earned me an advisory, he said they where too pink !?

A good code read is a must with a fully charged battery. After that, Fuel, Electric, Mechanical. Go through, check and eliminate one at a time.

Yes a faulty Turbo will give you excess smoke, not sure how accessible it is on the D3 but try and loosen it off with penetrating oil. Take off the pipe and have a feel of the vanes, they should spin quite freely with barely no in/out movement.

No idea about Chinese compressor but they are not known as - Chinese Replacement Auto Parts for nothing ! I did think it could possibly be a fault with one of the height sensors but don't know why that would stop the compressor working. Have you tried raising using the extra height button on...

My first thought is you may have jacked car up on the compressor and caused some damage. It is a black box on RHS about half way along.