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I need to contact seller for shipping. If that lucks out, I may save a lot of time. Good find, thank you! Merci!

@FrINlander - I just saw this driveshaft with attached VCU on Fleabay. In France showing 20€ delivery.

TBH, there is always sludge on the drain plug, its a question of how much and whether there are any shards in it.

I was able to spread it out over a palm sized area on a piece of cardboard. Based on the look and smell of the oil, it's not too fresh. I assume that a month or two will show if it accumulates at above reasonable rate. Then again I'm driving...

So I just got the IRD oil checked. Drain plug had some sludge on it, but no pieces or slivers. After refilling I drove a few km to feel it. It felt smoother and I had less judder in the acceleration. I was driving without the sump guard and I...

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/how-to-recondition-a-vcu-yourself.307445/page-6#post-3937567

>Weight and bar 5kg on a 120cm bar. >Brakes dragging? Not that I could tell, but there was a slight start/stop on the bars movement. >IRD pinion This I didn't test, but alot of the stiffness and reversing problems disappeared afterwards. I...

Sue will definitely have VCU’s and IRD’s, along with diffs or whatever else you want to get if you choose to replace. They’ll all be either new parts or recon’d correctly, but like I say, they won’t be cheap. They replaced my VCU and rear diff...

It's great isn't it.

Yeah, if I do recon the VCU it's definitely the drill and drain method. I'm in no way confident I could stick weld it back together. I hadn't considered having a shop do the fitting of bearings. That was my main concern as I don't have a press...

Your guide to reconditioning actually gave me hope that I could DIY it. I'm still getting in touch with Sue, as I suspect the IRD is also on the way out. Rebuilding the IRD will be too much of a challenge, yet. I'm planning on checking the IRDs...