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Not necessarily shiny and new, but it definitely should have either security seal stickers or paint on the casing bolts and the garage that fitted it should be able to provide a receipt from the refurbisher. However, as mentioned above, one persons idea of refurbished differs from the next. If...

Clarify "fuel pump" - are you talking about the electric fuel pump in the wheelarch or the high pressure injection pump mounted on the engine?

1.6 ton trailer up the bastard-long hill to work this morning and the temp guage sits exactly where it always sat, so as expected, no cooling problems.

Finished, I suppose. The bumper is back on properly. By chance the bottom of the winch tray was at exactly the right height for the three screws that fit upwards in the lower grill which originally went into the alloy bumper bar. I drilled into the winch tray and used self tapping sheet metal...

Annoyingly, Chinese cheap rubbish showed itself straight away when I bolted on the rollers. They fix from the rear and the frame is made from some kind of cast alloy monkey-metal. I put the bolts in by hand then just showing it the spanner caused one to strip its threads. I drilled the hole out...

A mixture of 5 and 6 millimeter steel, multi-pass fillet welds with full penetration, 14 mounting bolts....There is no question of it not being strong enough. If anything Its maybe too strong as this will probably pull the front off the car before it fails itself. This isnt the first winch mount...

No point, really. That other design has the winch mounted much further forwards than mine. In fact his winch sits entirely beyond the ends of the chassis rails, so vertical forces could twist the bracket and could be an issue hence I assume why he built the legs down to the lower bolts where the...

Those studs are just holding the end plates while I tack weld the sections together. There will be 6 (3 M8 and 3 M12) in each face plate and two more on the sides into the side of the chassis rail, so 14 bolts in total. It isnt going to come off. As you say, the entirety of the winch and...

Approx 7 cm between rad core and the end of the chassis rails. The winch. Comes with a wired remote, wireless remote, control box and wiring. Instructions are the usual Chinglish. Grabbed some steel from the farm scrap pile. The u-section bottom left was ideal. 5mm steel and 20cm wide...

So, winches.... Why do I want one? I dont do "proper" offroading, but use my Freelander for work as a groundskeeper so it sees a lot of Forestry Commission type of tracks. I occasionally get stuck but nothing a hand winch couldnt solve but having a big electric winch would give piece of mind...

Lot of faff an expense for minimal differences IMO. If you want to be a winner - find a 6 speed cluster with an ultra-low 1st gear ratio so that 2 - 6 work as the original 1 - 5 and you have the new low 1st as a crawler gear, finally giving the Freelander the lo-ratio it needs. Some light...

What are you towing? because....frankly they aint all that.... Yes, its rated to tow two tons and yes it WILL tow two tons. I pull 1.6 - 1.8 tons three times a week for work thankfully on short distances over backroads but if I wanted a "proper" towcar I would buy a Pajero or a Discovery...

I dont believe so. Its very rare to see a rotten Freelander so I doubt there is enough demand for repair panels. Mine had soft sills too, and unfortunately by the time the outer sill is soft enough to be noticed at MOT, the interior will already look like this.... My welding thread here...

I have a few hand winches I take with me when I expect problems... And have managed to get myself out of a few fixes with them, but I dont do "proper" offroading, its just forestry tracks around the Estate where I work. I have ordered a proper electric winch though as I have good use for one...

My winch is apparently getting delivered tomorrow. I will be building my own mount for it as I am unable/unwilling to spunk out a load of money on one. User Metacaibo (or something like that) on here made a batch of smart looking ones that he sold for £300 or so each.....laser cut, powder...

Hilarious. No seriously - thats really, really funny and original - well done.

I havent used that but like NeedleNose I fitted a remote kit with blank flip keys to my Escort which looked to be the same quality as that link - ie cheap Chinese ****e. It works ok but I dont expect it to last long. Also the dude who cut the key profiles said it was very soft metal and would...

Its not a comparison of cars as such, its to illustrate the point that owning a 2wd Freelander is so pointless that you might as well buy any bland fwd hatchback and save yourself the grief of Freelander ownership.

This is taking the pi55 now. What topic will come up on the forum next? What scent of Magic Tree should I buy? What do you recommend I keep in the ashtray? Hi, I just bought a Freelander and it got no engine lol what should I do? :rolleyes:

No. Use your logic, man. It was heavy. He replaced the hydraulics, it now doesnt work at all. Unless he has forgotten to mention something important or is telling porkies, then the most recent problem is with the hydraulics or their mounting. I Guarantee it. Either the master cylinder is...