You have a lot going on there to get it serviceable and obviously are more than capable. You are not too far away from me and vehicles are always rustier in South Lanarkshire.

"capable" is kind but a stretch! Days like Saturday spending 10 hours covered in rust and oil remind me why garages charge the labour they do, but I'll always give it a go myself first and it's 50:50 whether it goes ok or needs to be towed to a professional

I'm getting the infamous wobble intermittently in 4/5/6 gears when it's under light load up gradual hills. I think that's a job for a local specialist, so might get that sorted before I take another go at the other engine bits. Freelander 2 TD4e GS MY2010 Stornaway Grey
Ford Transit H2L1 MY 2012 Royal Blue
Mercedes A45 AMG MY 2017 Mountain Grey

Full valet inside and out, cleaned and treated the leather, washed and polished outside, hard work but very satisfying

great that the weather's changing so valet on the cards for mine soon too  Freelander 2 TD4e GS MY2010 Stornaway Grey
Ford Transit H2L1 MY 2012 Royal Blue
Mercedes A45 AMG MY 2017 Mountain Grey

As I only got it yesterday ive spent most of my day just admiring it

Serviced and passed MOT-always a good day.
Now to sort out the dog destruction

I did nothing. Looked at the calendar yesterday and found my MOT expired two days ago.  11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

If on the road ...... NO MOT ...... then NO Insurance, as it will be void, get it MOT'd before plod gets you.

Are you aware you can MOT any vehicle one month BEFORE its due date ......... and preserve its date (hence 13mths MOT)

Changed out the 19” for 18”
Took it for a run up to marina




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Picked up a load of steel angle and flat bar on the roof rack (3m lengths) for my work bench project. Lots of cutting and welding planned for this weekend 😁 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Trip into the forest to do some safety marshalling for World Rally Car testing, one of my favourite past times which has been in very short supply over the last year😊 64 plate TD4 SE Santorini Black
2021 Mazda MX5 GT Sport Tech

3landertwo wrote:

If on the road ...... NO MOT ...... then NO Insurance, as it will be void, get it MOT'd before plod gets you.

Are you aware you can MOT any vehicle one month BEFORE its due date ......... and preserve its date (hence 13mths MOT)

I didn't go anywhere in mine today but I did have it's rear end up on car ramps so I could replace the two 7 pin sockets for the 13pin pre-wired socket although it still took me ages to painstakingly strip the wires and solder them together to form the new wiring loom  Kind regards.

Paul

On Sunday I towed a trailer with around 5 tonnes of Bradstone loaded on it that came from a wall I removed from my garden just a couple miles to my mates farm, the FL2 didn't even break sweat

Have you checked the 'shut-lines' of the rear doors ??
You my have stretched the body, with that weight.