Whenever I leave my (X reg 2000) Freelander for more than 2 weeks (on
holiday etc.,) I always come back to a flat battery, being automatic, this
means my calling the recovery service to start me.
The battery was changed recently (75Ah) still goes flat, is there a way to

Above light always on -drives ok,dark now will check fuses tomorrow-anything
obvious.
Thanks in advance.

Whilst replacing the bushes on the front of my Disco, I found the source of
the mystery clonk I have had for the last 6 months.
One of the brackets which the front radius arm attaches to, has broken.
http://tinyurl.co.uk/w0ce . What are my options on this, weld together?

Guys, someone's been smoking something illegal, methinks.
Take a look at this for a giggle.
ebay item number 140024147577
Badger.

I have a 2004 Defender Td5, and when I first started driving it, found the
headlights very inadequate. I made considerable improvements by fitting
relays, upgraded wiring, and more powerful bulbs, but still find that the
light pattern of the standard Wipacs is pretty poor in ...

Replacement alternator for Morph arrived today.
This one has the same connector (where the three leads go in) but also has
two additional stumps which didn't feature on the old unit.
They are marked B+ and W.  I'd guess one is for a rev counter but can any

The problems all started when I unscrewed the instrument panel to get
access to my heater switch to clean them out a load of cr@p that had
accumulated there.  I didn't detach any of the wiring I just pulled it
out slightly.

Evening
What do other D90 200tdi owners expect for Miles Per Tank?
My 90 has just done 250 on the 1st tank after the roll. It smokes a
little white on starting from cold, and it smoke a bit of black under

I note in this post a very politicaly incorrect remark about our oil
producing friends.
"Towelheads"
They do not wear towels  they wear a style of sheet.

We get an alarming thunk/bang when going over a relatively mild speed bump
in our FL at anything over 10 mph. It's a shallow concrete hump across the
road and it sounds like the car is bottoming out or something although the
hump is nowhere near high enough for that!

Interesting article, though LR and Jags profit levels seem to
have swapped over!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5284092.stm
Jag and/or LR back in private (sensible) hands - could be good.....

I have read and digested many of the old threads on this subject here,
some of which became rather acrimonious! So I'll keep it simple and I
don't think this question has been asked.
Please no input about tachographs / trailer brakes / driving licenses,

Just returned from a 3,200 mile round-trip of Europe.  Serviced the '97
Disco Tdi (180,000 miles on it) before leaving.  Running rough and faltering
for the last couple of hundred miles.  Fuel consumption spot-on expectation
(~500 miles/tank).  Starts easily. No smoke or foul ...

Hi - new to this forum. Nightmare with the electrics on my late S3 RHD
Petrol. Just getting ready for MOT - all looking sweet but hazards
wouldn't work - got a new relay ( halfords HF203) exactly as previous(
whihc worked fine ), still no go. Checked fuses / connections etc.

Son has Saxo and needs the little pegs that fasten the door trim on. I know
some time ago a site was posted up here in reply to a query that specialises
in these fasteners, could someone enlighten me please. ( theory is that it
will supply all fasteners not just the LR type ........ ...