Sounds dumb I know but what do I need to know about changing the battery on my 56 Freelander. Alarms, GPS, phone connectivity etc I assume will be affected.
Any recommendations as to which battery and spec.
Many thanks

At most, you’ll just need to reset the clock, radio stations and electric windows. You need a 110 battery. Get the best you can afford - they’ll all be better than a duff one! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

One tip, maybe you all know this but I didn't. My replacement battery at first didn't seem to fit the battery box, and eventually I found there were some bits you needed to unclip from the base of the battery. Outlined in red here ..

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Assuming the car is still drivable get it down to Halfords who will do all the frigging about for a fiver - you know it makes sense.

Edit - my mistake they want £15 to fit battery . Notwithstanding still worthwhile i reckon. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

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aesmith wrote:

One tip, maybe you all know this but I didn't. My replacement battery at first didn't seem to fit the battery box, and eventually I found there were some bits you needed to unclip from the base of the battery. Outlined in red here ..

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Thanks everyone for all the advice. Hope I don't set the alarm off!!!

Just start the car and then take off the battery terminals fit the new battery and you loose nothing !!

Always better to do this in September as prices rise once it gets to Winter and it’s worse to fit. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Ginna104 wrote:

Just start the car and then take off the battery terminals fit the new battery and you loose nothing !!

Changed mine (Tipex Landrover one) only thing I had to reset was the clock. REME .. Rough Engineering Made Easy

Ginna104 wrote:

Just start the car and then take off the battery terminals fit the new battery and you loose nothing !!

It does make you think, when you buy a used car you don’t know what idiot owned it before you

What’s being a idiot about that ? Easiest way to replace it.

As mentioned above you run the risk of destroying the alternator & ECU

A couple of points:
Batteries have been discussed on here multiple times. Do a search for discussions about which make, size, etc.
It is possible to get a battery with more power than the original fitment but the same size.
You presumably don't have stop-start, so don't need an AGM battery.
When I fitted mine (exide I think - it was a long time ago) I had to prize out a bung in the end of the battery in order to fit the breather tube from the old one.
Your mileage trip counter will zero itself and you may need to reset the windows. How to details are in the handbook. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Followed the advice of tenet above and took the faff of fitting a new battery to Halfords. Got the same battery as SteveD and aesmith and glad I had read on here about these bits that need removing! Of course, they didn’t believe me and I had to talk them through the whole procedure, so apart from the actual lifting, i’m not sure I really got much for my £15! Still didn’t stopstart on the way home, but there were no traffic lights to test it out! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel