How-To: Replacing Land Rover Freelander Timing Belts: a Service Guide

 Integrity First Automotive has written this nice guide on how to service timing belts on a Land Rover Freelander.  It's step by step and includes pictures and discussion of necessary tools.

It starts:

Here's a fun one: a Land Rover Freelander's timing belts. This engine is a 2.5L double-overhead cam with three (count them: three) timing belts. Moreover these should be serviced every 60,000 miles or so. Since this engine is an interference design if a timing belt breaks or slips you will have internal (expensive) engine damage.

Although this is probably a service that can be done without special tools we don't recommend it. The key to getting the job right, as with any timing belt service, is to mark everything. If you mark the old belt, transfer the marks to the new belt, and get the new belt on exactly where the old one was you've obviously got the new belt on correctly. It is easy to get off by a tooth though so count twice and install the belt once. Any timing belt job done this way can get scary and if you find you cannot get things back where they belong you then have to have the correct tools to align the engine.

Timing Tool Kit:

Freelander Timing Belt Tool Kit

Starting Point - air filter housing removed.

Freelander Timing Belt Starting Point

Serpentine Belt:

Freelander Serpentine Belt Removal

Note that you cannot fully remove the serpentine belt without removing the 'front' engine mount seen here below the alternator. What this means is, if your serpentine belt is even slightly worn you're smart to replace it while doing the timing belt since the labor completely overlaps.

Read the rest here: Freelander Timing Belt How-to Service Guide