oldcars Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 It depends on what you plan on using it for. If its just a runner to the station ise it until mot time then move it on. When is the mot due? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Its due in September but it really needs money spending before it will drive again, tank strap and suspension upper arms. Anyway I'll stop hijacking your thread! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 I would fix the tank strap and get done and use it for a bit, see if any other issues come up. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 My 75 has gone from totally dry boot to containing gallons of water in 6 months. No idea why! Literally full to the top of the spare wheel well since parked up unused. Spare wheel, jack etc rusty as a result but now cleaned and ok. Had to drill a small hole in the boot to let the water out! WTF?Suspect rear light leakage but the rate it has started shipping water in whilst parked up is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 My 75 has gone from totally dry boot to containing gallons of water in 6 months. No idea why! Literally full to the top of the spare wheel well since parked up unused. Spare wheel, jack etc rusty as a result but now cleaned and ok. Had to drill a small hole in the boot to let the water out! WTF?Suspect rear light leakage but the rate it has started shipping water in whilst parked up is incredible.Yep same here. I guess the frost and cold has frozen water in the bit that leaks and made it worse. Total pain. Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKnight Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 My 75 sometimes leaks from the middle of the front windscreen seal. One or two drips and only when it's heavy rain. Just poor quality seals I'd guess. They all seem to do it. New seal or several metric tons of sikaflex. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 This is the area above the diesel cooler, thats as far as my flash would reach without actually crawling under but it's a good representation of the condition of the back 1/3 of the chassis. Mine was like that, but not quite as bad. Painted it with cheap rust converter from Toolstation and MOT man said it was A1. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binhoker668 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I gather his Turkish or from that way.  *Not relevant. Sorry. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Might* have found the source of the boot leak. Had a look last night and when the boot was opened the edge of the chrome trim around the screen lifted a little at the corner where the boot meets it. I adjusted the rubber bung on the boot stop to stop this, added some creeping crack cure and fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 800 miles this bank holiday weekend, and as its a 75 something else broke. I have no reverse lights or parking sensors, i think its due to the reverse switch on the gear box packing up. Anyone ever changed one of these?It rained most of the weekend and the boot leak was mental. It seems to have broke the brake light bulb on one side again. Lamp and bulb look ok, but the white loom connector is very rusty on one of the connector pins. Can these be replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 As this is being used its breaking a lot. Got the new switch but the old connector had been messed about with so i got a replacement from a scrap 75. This was due to be fitted on Thursday.Yesterday when towing the caravan the master cylinder went, or i think that's what has happened.This, with the sills needing welding, a binding caliper that started yesterday to and a front shock that's not long for this world i feel my time with this may well be up. We will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Get it to a specialist, much cheaper than a regular garage. What makes you think the MC has died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Clutch pedal almost to the floor and can't change gear when engine is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Best get both slave and master replaced as the 'strength' of the new one can pop the other or so I have read. I am taking mine to CDL Autotech in Whitburn in June to have a Borg and Beck clutch and slave fitted. The price is £400 supplied and fitted but I am going to ask him to change the master too. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 £400 sounds cheap, is that including DMF and a CSC? Plus VAT as well? oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 That is cheap, are the parts alone not about that cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 You wont need a dmf, they almost never fail. If its not making a noise, leave it. Price includes csc dunno about vat. Â He does a full kv6 belt change for 250 labour only so I guess he knows the labour saving methods. Appears to be well regarded over on the 75 Forum. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 They are measured for play strictly speaking, but clutches can be tricky in the sense once you start hoying gearboxes out you find all sorts of stuff along the way. By that point you are into it. A guess but you'd be adding VAT on top of that. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I wouldn't write your car off just yet - it looks in great nick, especially all of the painting jobs that you had done.  Speak to Duncan at CDL or similar specialist and see what they say. He also breaks 75s and from the number of requests for parts he positively replies to I would suggests that if something falls apart along the way he will have it in stock  In my mind, you could go out and spend £1200 or so on a well-running 75, only for some or more of the 'famous' issues to surface in the coming months. At least yours is a known quantity. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKnight Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 My tailgate release button has stopped working. Randomly. Can still open it by using the small rear window release and pulling the release lever inside for the tailgate, but still annoying. Been told they fail quite regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 I wouldn't write your car off just yet - it looks in great nick, especially all of the painting jobs that you had done.  Speak to Duncan at CDL or similar specialist and see what they say. He also breaks 75s and from the number of requests for parts he positively replies to I would suggests that if something falls apart along the way he will have it in stock  In my mind, you could go out and spend £1200 or so on a well-running 75, only for some or more of the 'famous' issues to surface in the coming months. At least yours is a known quantity.It is a very clean car, and has had a lot spent on it. I just need to get things looked at, i really don't want to waste money that could be spent on family stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 My tailgate release button has stopped working. Randomly. Can still open it by using the small rear window release and pulling the release lever inside for the tailgate, but still annoying. Been told they fail quite regularly.Don't fix it, something else will break Its like a merry go round that never stops  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Blimey, reading all the tales of 75 woes on here recently does that mean the kiss of death has moved on from lagunas now? oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Its a definite tie breaker at least! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Depends how fussy you are.Mine starts and stops. That will do. sierraman and beko1987 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Depends how fussy you are.Mine starts and stops. That will do.As I think the only remaining owner of an Autoshite car of the year 2015 (I think I'm the only gooner2 owner left, we couldn't move for them a few years ago) that's generally my take on what makes a good car, so I think we are even on that score. Just Mr. Pin ruining your theory now, bloody colour matched paint I ask you, pah! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Drove this to the garage last night. It drove fine Mechanic thinks that the clutch is overheating when towing, and then when you press the clutch nothing happens. Anyway its being fixed, along with the caliper and a couple of other bits. Its costing a fair whack, i must be nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Are you using your local garage? I sent a message to the specialist yesterday lunchtime via the 75 Forum about including the master cylinder in my 75's clutch replacement. He has been online twice in the evening and not replied which annoyed me so I habe asked my usual place to price up that, the rack and fitting the rear arms that beko got for me. Hope it gets sorted, you have put a lot into this car and it looks in great condition and certainly worth persevering with. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Get the Clutch and Master cylinder done at the same place, or if it lets you down later one garage will blame the other. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Local place, same place i always use unless its a mot as he does'nt do them. Mechanic chap used to work for Land Rover so is used to the engine in the Freelander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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