Llanigraham
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FL 1 & 2 both have unique PCD and offset.
No compatability.
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Does the cable have a plug on the car end of it, or has it just been cut off?
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Think it uses the same mountings that the roof bars use.
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Mucky brakes?
Rear shoes sticking?
VCU support bearings?
Personally would go for the second one.
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Because even with no prop connected, if the diff mounts are totalled they will still move!
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However, you do need to inform your insurance company if you remove the rear props and VCU. It is classed as a "material modification"
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Check the condition of the front mounting of the rear diff.
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I know they are UK prices, but Kumho AT's in 195/80 x 15 I can currently get for £66 each. That is a lot less than buying a bigger size, especially the 17"!
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What they come on, 195/80 x 15.
They are an off road vehicle, not a sports car, so why go up sizes, and spend more money?
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Check that the crank case breather below the air filter isn't blocked.
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Unless you can buy the silicone fluid, then it isn't worth trying.
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Apparantly the silicone fluid can eventually "jelly" up completely, so that it is solid all the time.
Why? I have never heard a good explanation. I know of FL's with nearly 200k miles that still are on their original VCU, but others fail much earlier. There doesn't appear to be any pattern to it.
There is no drainage hole, so I don't know how they can be repaired, but there is a company in Blackheath, West Mids that are doing re-con ones. At one stage I understood that DowCorning wouldn't sell the fluid, but that seems to have changed.
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Blippie
Can't be a Troll, they at least have some uses!!
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I think NATO did have some during the Bosnia conflict, but I seem to remember them as being plain white.
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But your facts aren't correct.
The Freelander wasn't designed by BMW, it was designed by LAND ROVER engineers before the take over. It happens that a BMW engine was fitted in the first remodelling, after the BMW take over.
The Traction Control system works by wheel spin sensing, so that is why you see them doing that. Yes it does go against what you are taught when driving a 90/Disco, etc. But that is the way it is taught by LAND ROVER. I know, they instructed me when I first had one, and I'm now on my second. And just in case you are wondering, the instruction was given through the Factory, at their Eastnor and Solihull sites. So I do know what I am talking about!
For photos of Freelanders off road trying looking at the Freelander Club web site, and MADFreelanders Club.
As I said before, if I needed "extreme" off road capability I would have bought a Disco, but I didn't so bought a Freelander, and in 6 years of regularly off roading them I have only got stuck once, when I slipped into a rut.
I am sure that if you ask Paul Humphreys from CRAG,, or any of the officials from 4x4 Response Wales they will be more than willing to tell you the places I have put mine on Training Weekends with them.
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So by your own admission you don't own a Freelander and have never driven one then. But then of course the Defenders or Discovery's are totally perfect and never have any faults what so ever.
Let me see......
Td5 oil contamination in ECU loom
Defender water leaks
Rusty bulkheads
and I could go on. And these are just some of the things my friends who have them tell me about, but I don't immediately knock that product, which is what you have done by your posting.
As I said, the Freelander was not designed to be an out and out off road vehicle, but was designed to give some ability off road, which it does very succesfully for most people who want it. If I wanted or needed more off road ability I "might" have bought a Disco, but I don't need that, so I didn't.
Can I suggest that unless you have some constructive point to make you go and frequent somewhere you "might" think you know what you are talking about.
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Stick with the standard size of 195/80 x 15, but go for a set of All Terrains.
BF Goodrich have a very good reputation.
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I suggest you ask some of the guys from 4x4 Response Wales where I've put my Freelander's in the past, and that includes getting through a section that the Disco behind me got stuck!!
I presume that you don't drive a Freelander and probably have never done so either, but immediately post a "knocking" response because we drive a different vehicle that doesn't have the same set up as other Land Rovers and therefore you presume it cannot be as good.
The Freelander was never designed to have the off road capability of a Defender or Disco, but was designed to cope with fairly severe situations which it does very well. We would all probably agree it doesn't cope with ruts as it doesn't have the ground clearance, but with careful route planning it is often possible to get around these areas, and in some areas it can actually be better than it's bigger BROTHERS, especially on soft sand or wet grass.
Just remember that it still has a green LAND ROVER badge on the front!!
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FLR100,
go play with the traffic on the M25!!
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When did you last change the battery in the fob?
It is supposed to bleep and the light flash once, but when it does it lots it means the fob battery is low. It is mentioned in your handbook.
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Did you buy the LR part, or a pattern one?
There have been problems witgh some of the cheap ones, I hear.
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What parts?
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Possibly, BUT there are now questions being raised about the legallity of the use of the access road, as it doesn't have a RoW along it. It is regularly watched by the Police and other Official Bodies, and I understand that all reg numbers are noted.
Possible Sect59 action? Don't know.
I leave it up to you.
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The pipe with the filter on the end should be open at the top end. It is a breather pipe for the IRD (?)
Rear window opening when i'm not around
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Most unlikely.