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So my freebie is going up for sale. It's been my daily commuter for a couple years now and been great fun. Unfortunately, it's coming up for MOT and I don't reckon it will make it through. If I could take it off the road for a month I reckon I could fix it myself fairly cheaply, but I don't...

Hello all, I was attacked by the three amigos in the way home from work today... I know there's a lot of posts on this so I'll keep this simple to start with. I wanted to start a post regardless so that if I run into deeper issues, all the info will be on one thread. So firstly, I'm sure...

I bought my FL1 already converted to mondo style. Mate yesterday was interested in it and asking about it and we got talking all whether we could refit the propshaft with an in-line electromag clutch so it can run in 2wd but put it in 4wd for off road. The thought had gone through my mind...

So I've had some old LED spots in the back for a while that I was going to fit on my freebie. Noticed that the input voltage is listed as 12-24v. I get that a range is necessary as some commercial vehicles use 24v systems. However was wondering if the input voltage would change the light...

Hello all, I'm considering a new car and I've found an option within my budget - a Disco Sport 2017, 2.0 TD4 SE Tech 5dr 7 seat, manual gearbox, with just under 90k miles on the clock. It sounds good on paper, so I'm going to go out and have a look at it later today. Just wanted to know if...

Sorry guys, this seems such an obvious question and I'm probably having a "man look" (whatever that is)... I was messing with electrics yesterday and blew a fuse somewhere... Just not sure which! So as far as I can see, everything seems to be working except the backlight for the speedo / rev...

Could we add functionality to upload the new image format files to this forum? The file extension is .heic Most new phones (android and apple) are defaulting to this now as they have a lot of space and I have to convert them to jpg before uploading which is a pita. Got a little coding...

Hello, my FL1 had heated seats but only one side works. Switch for drivers side lights up and seat gets warm, but for passenger side the light doesn't light up. Any thoughts on what to check? Looking at the circuit diagram, both seats run off the same fuse so guess not the fuse. There's a...

My '52 Freelander TD4 has always been a bad starter, have to turn it over for about 15-30 seconds before it properly catches, kicks out a bunch of white smoke in the process. Felt classic glow plugs problem, so I bought a set of plugs, and opened it up a few weeks back. They were all pretty...

I tried it earlier, was filling the hippo with fuel and wanted to do the windows up before I paid... so just take the key out the fuel cap while you're filling up, right? No, put the fuel cap back in place first or you'll get a pile of bits like below. The key didn't come out easily so I...

I recently went crazy so I bought a hippo to prove it. It's a 52 plate Freelander 1 ES, 2L diesel TD4. First question, where do I find the engine number? I'm presuming it's the BMW engine with timing chain but wanted to confirm it 100%. Second question, l I want to add some spots and an LED...