Jules

ozjeff62 wrote:

Sadly did most of the de-commissioning of my Freeo.

A financially terminal mechanical problem means it is going to wreckers/scrap.

I am devastated.

Added rear tailgate spoiler, Heko wind deflectors, new rear number plate, double check the engine oil from replacement Wednesday.

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Also took possession of two double ended sockets for the wheel nuts, 21mm-21.5mm as we know the nuts can sometime swell up the corrosion.
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So not a bad day, more to do tomorrow diff oil, PTU oil
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Think the tailgate spoiler finishes it off nicely.

The double socket is a neat idea, is that from the bay of e or Amazon?

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Think the tailgate spoiler finishes it off nicely.

The double socket is a neat idea, is that from the bay of e or Amazon?

Cheers Arctic

Today i added a rear dash cam to the ORK easy job using the boot power point.
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Today i got another job out of the way on the ORK FL2 SD4 the rear diff oil was changed.

The oil that was used was Smith & Allan FS 75w/90
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This was added to my hand pump 1ltr even though the rear diff takes 0.7litres, it helps when pumping if you are not sucking up the dregs at the bottom of the container.
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The FL was already on the four ramps which are always used when working under the car.
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The little suction pumps and the battery were also ready under the rear of the FL, along with my 13mm aviation spanner & socket ratchet.
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Cracked the filler plug open, with the aviation spanner excellent to get that little more leverage.
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Turned the filler plug out slowly with my hand, i was expecting a little oil to drip out but nowt,
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A bit mucky but not really bad.
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The copper washer was left behind, which was removed has a new one is going to be fitted.
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Hooked the pump up to the battery which was fully charged.
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The pump with it's little 5mm drain pipe was pushed into the diff and the removal of the oil was started.
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This is a slow process because the volume of withdrawal is not that fast, and towards the end it slows down even more, the first 10 minutes is not to bad.
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Maybe about 400ml removed in the first 10mins then you have to start moving the suction pipe about in the diff, by 12.28pm most if not all the oil was removed, copper washer removed cleaned up around the filler entrance.
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This is the amount that was sucked out.
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You can clearly see it's very dark brown as opposed the the nice golden colour.
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This was then poured into a measuring jug.
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The total amount that was sucked out was 700ml
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Amounts from the owners book
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I hooked up my hand pump.
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This was held in place with a rubber bung, once pumping had been commenced & oil was dribbling out i stopped.
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700ml back in the plug was fitted and i started the car for about 10mins.
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Plug removed added another 50ml until dripping again plug refitted job done, overall 750ml
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I will remove the plug again later today when i am doing the PTU if weather allows, to let it drip until it stops.

Artic
Have you considered opening thread(s) in the technical section for your excellent descriptions.
If they were given good subject titles they would be more easily found in the future as they are good reference articles.

Similar to this one
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic30231-30.html FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Great write up Artic. I think our paths have crossed before. Are you the same Attic from the MX5 Owners Club? Defo remember your name and pretty sure it's the same avitar.

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IanMetro wrote:

Artic
Have you considered opening thread(s) in the technical section for your excellent descriptions.
If they were given good subject titles they would be more easily found in the future as they are good reference articles.

Similar to this one
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic30231-30.html

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Great write up Artic. I think our paths have crossed before. Are you the same Attic from the MX5 Owners Club? Defo remember your name and pretty sure it's the same avitar.

Hi Grimdog.
That's not me I'm afraid so miss ID never owned an MX5 my name is Arctic not (Attic)

Sorry, blooming predictive text again. It's really weird as the Arctic on the mx5 forum also copyrighted his photos "Arctic". Must be a doppelganger lol. Nice to meet you anyway.

Did a quick run through Aldermaston without a club, great muddy fun! Corrado VR6 Mystic Blue - Gone
Freelander 2 Orkney Grey

Grimdog wrote:

Sorry, blooming predictive text again. It's really weird as the Arctic on the mx5 forum also copyrighted his photos "Arctic". Must be a doppelganger lol. Nice to meet you anyway.

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Also an Arctic on the Rover 75/ZT forums as well.

Hi Bob.
You are correct on that one, yes I'm Arctic on the OC and the community club, we also run our own Nano club, a few of us have Freelanders now, hopefully a few more will come and join at our meets where we help each other with jobs on our cars, T4 and other diagnostic equipment is on site all FOC to get an health check and fault finding.

Added a couple of magnets to the filler plug, and the ORK has landed back on earth, due to weather never got round to do the PTU another dry day and it will get done.
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