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DavidintheForest



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Thanks.
Looks like a good solution.

Post #246808 29th Dec 2014 9:10 pm
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dunkley201



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United Kingdom 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Fitted a second earth to mine today. 33", 10mm/8mm fittings, 240 amp. From the top starter bolt (the difficult one) up & through the side of the battery box (drilled a 15mm hole with a flatbit) to the spare terminal on the earth post. Yet to try a cold start..... 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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dunkley201



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.......At -2.2C, started "on the button" after a few seconds wait for the glo plugs. No HDC messages! Thumbs Up 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Post #249918 23rd Jan 2015 7:34 am
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Offshore1987



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Dad got me a lead made up today 39inchs long one ends a size 6 others a 10

Just need to get around to fitting it Smile

Will be good to see if I get any difference as I don't seem to get most of the problems others do, have not noticed any HDC faults other than once ages ago

Time will tell Freelander 57 plate XS Blue Auto

Post #250066 23rd Jan 2015 10:14 pm
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Offshore1987



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Fitted today, has not made a difference to starting as of yet but will wait to see on a cold morning/cold night

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Post #250216 24th Jan 2015 8:44 pm
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FreeLander88



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Sweden 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Tambora Flame

Fit the extra Earth Strap last summer and the whole last winter I never see the HDC failure.
But yesterday it flashed up in the display for a second. The started as it should and it was 2 minus out. Anybody else who had that experience.

Post #250328 25th Jan 2015 4:37 pm
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submarine



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So I have two lead options made up with correct crimps.

One is apparently a 60amp earthing strap, though it looks beefier than some of the pictures in this thread, and should take '10 times that for a few seconds' I'm reliably informed. (10mm2)

The other has a total diameter of 17mm (3/4") and is a monster which can take 'several hundred amp all day long' (70mm2)

Which do I fit?? This is what happens when you ask an industrial sparky for a bit of wire lol Rolling with laughter

Post #255146 28th Feb 2015 9:44 am
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spitfire101



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I fitted the second earth lead but it hasn't made any difference to my battery drain/non starting issue unfortunately

Post #255933 7th Mar 2015 10:54 am
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casper



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United Kingdom 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Sumatra Black

Fitted mine 4 months back but HDC came back YESTERDAY dissapeared after a 24 mile run and noW have reduced engine management and drives like a dog Big Cry

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stownrow



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Just re-fitted my 2012 earth strap to my new metropolis. I seem to be getting a few errors when starting up with DSC. 

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stownrow



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Post #257394 18th Mar 2015 9:00 pm
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jules



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Is the bad earth issue still a problem for later cars ie my 2014 FL2 ? Or did JLR make a permanent change somewhere ? Jules

Post #257618 20th Mar 2015 9:29 pm
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Chuckalicious



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I was going to ask the same Jules. I have an early MY11 but as people with start stop seem to already have an extra earth I wondered if all cars now had them as they all have start stop as standard don't they?

Mine has become slow to turn over in the morning and had one HDC Fault message. FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

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jules



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United Kingdom 2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

chuck...
I have a black cable going battery to bodywork on LH scuttle . Is that the "extra " cable we're talking about (top of pic).

Also AFAIK The 2014 SD4 auto does not have stop/start.

 Jules


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Post #257704 21st Mar 2015 9:44 pm
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Chuckalicious



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I have no idea. From reading this I think they all have 1 cable but the suggestion is to add a second.

My car, an MY11 TD4 GS has eco mode start/stop. Assumed all did since the TD4.e FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

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