@Scouse Exile, I've recently replaced a front strut / spring on my 3.6 tdv8 using a Dunlop unit from Island 4x4. The unit does not come unit the damper / donut type thing that fits on the top, but it does have the cup that it screws onto. Was yours similar? I notev the instructions mention to install a new dampener. I've seen elsewhere that the dampener just unscrews, apparently, so why get a new one? Anyway, my underlying problem is that I've been unable to release the existing damper! I note the 15lbs torque ( ie not much) but high strength threadlocker. It won't break loose despite heating as hot as I can get it with a butane torch. I've cut the bag away and some of the top mount to enable the shock shaft to go I the vice and I've managed to get some movement on it, but that's from the dampener/ mounting cup moving on the shaft under the nylock top nut that's inaccessible underneath! I've give up for now so am running without the dampener! I'm wonderingnifnim missing a trick somewhere!
Chris
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