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Beautiful, that's gold dust is that! I'm currently downloading RAVE in pursuit of those figures! Thanks awfully!

Nice. I'll give that a shot straight off. Cheers man!

P.S. thanks for the thread links!

Just read that thread and it sounds very similar to what's happening with mine. I would have thought they'd have engineered a system that doesn't cause wheel lock due to a faulty sensor or ecu or whatever. It's very bad form. I mean, it did it to me going for second gear, what if I'd have been...

Ok progress of a sort has been made. I dropped the drums off and everything was fine, it didn't even take long. They came off exactly as they should. I put new shoes on not too long ago and they still look like new with plenty of braking surface left. The hubs turned fine too. No strange...

Nice one! I'll look them up when the time comes. I knew I'd seen the magic '£200' figure somewhere. To buy them elsewhere recon or not is more than double that!

I hear what you're saying. I will run it 2wd if it means getting to work and while there's no snow this is obviously not a problem. I've had a look at used diffs and drive shafts the prices aren't too bad so I can at least run the car till I can get the VCU done.

Yeah, I'm crossing my fingers it's the brakes or I've not inspected the drive shaft properly and a cv joint has collapsed. Although I suspect the VCU has gone and took the diff rather than the IRD with it. I'll get it stripped when I get home from work and post the findings.

How? When the car was moving and I was going for second gear?

Sorry, I should've been clearer, the front was jacked up, it was in neutral and a wheel did turn. I didn't say 'freely' I said 'smoothly' The pinion gear is there and prior to this ball ache 4wd was working perfectly. I've been up plenty of muddy hills and towed enough people out of fields to...

Oh and after inspection of the IRD (lying underneath with the prop off) it seems fine, the case is intact, all bone dry underneath and the pinion turns smoothly with no funny noises or roughness. Small mercies I suppose...

Well, looking at it further it's looking more like the rear diff. Prop is off, but drive is there to front wheels as normal. Car still won't move when on the floor. I jacked the rear up and it appears the rear N/S is locked. It has a few degrees of rotation in either direction before it locks...

Yeah I thought so. I suspected the VCU had caused it. I've just had a look at VCU and IRD prices... ...now I feel sick. Maybe time to look at a different motor and see what I can get for this. If I can drive it FWD for a little while I may be able to save for the parts... I'll have to see...

Yeah, I'll try dropping the prop later. That was the next move I was thinking of. I'm right in thinking these IRDs are expensive though aren't they? I really could do with 4wd what with the snow forecast and all...

Hi guys, Small problem with moomin. ('03 TD4 freelander) Tried to pull away from the drive this morning and heard a massive "bang" and car won't move. It's like the wheels are locked solid. With plenty of revs I managed to reverse it into a position of safety (it will not move forward)...

Hi folks, Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just realized I never posted the outcome of my tyre hunt. I thought I must tell what I ended up with as it's only right and may help someone else in the future. I took a well educated guess on size and ordered some 'Sunitrac' (budget road tyres)...

Hmmm. Cheers fella. Back to the drawing board it seems... I wonder if some arch modification is out of the question...

Cheers folks! I'll see if I can get some 30mm bolt on spacers for a decent price. The tyres are my dads, they're big A/t remoulds and they only did 100 miles before his Isuzu trooper engine bit the dust. The car is being sold for spares or repair soon and the tyres are too good to miss! What...

Ok, well maybe not a dilemma, but just some advice needed. I have a freelander 1, I'm looking to put on a set of 245/70 tyres. They would be going on a set of standard freelander 16" 5 spoke alloys (native to the ex/gs models I think) I know they'll go on the wheels and by my measurements...

http://silodrome.com/camel-trophy-the-land-rover-years/ It's a great vid, but turns crappy towards the end.