Visited Mount Frankland. Vast granite boulder in the forest Many steps to the top…. where there is a fire watch tower Then on to Pemberton, nice little town in the woods. The trees are very tall. The upper tower in this one is 67m above the ground. Unfortunately some ratbag has fenced off the ladder at 20m….

Belated interjection on this subject: the repro column switches currently on the market are poor and stop working properly in less than 2000 miles (surprise surprise...). At least mine did. And then the replacement one did as well. The 'used' OE one is currently doing fine but hasn't covered many miles as yet.

That was an exhilarating read! Love it. "I decided to do this massive job, here's what I did, bish, bash, bosh..."  Will be interested to see how it works out

Hi , yes , insurance company and DVLA will both be informed . Thanks .

you are legally required to tell them off the engine swop and a few other things to have you V5 updated. Otherwise it will fail its MOT.

That’s what I was hoping to hear Nick . I certainly would not go stirring up a wasps nest if not needed . Thanks . 

Those garage gnomes!

Yes haha! I think it will be around the same size or smaller than my driveshafts which is novel 

I’d be seriously wary of involving the DVLA.  That way lies huge pain and expense.   This is an existing, registered vehicle and chassis mods (as I understand it) are restricted to a few tabs welded to the main rails with the basic structure unaltered. So long as you have your 8 points (may be tight?!) and your insurance company are informed, you should be good. DO get it MoT’d though!

Ooof…. Is your diff one of the long-nosed ones? Propshaft is going to be REALLY short!