Depending on how you get on, it might pay you to break it, engine alone with ancilleries/rads is worth 1k, check out defender 200 tdi engine parts prices on ebay etc. Galv chassis must be worth the same. Daft things like roof lining are worth money.

Welcome to LZ. Vehicle details will help.

Stories I have read about the quality of new ones might mean rechroming yours is a sound idea.

Ah okay, i only asked as I once had this with my d2 parked in certain places it would not unlock and sometimes crank and not start, push it a few yards and it would be back to normal.

Car parked in the same place?

Not sure how a worn spigot bush would cause a noise? Maybe get someone to lay underneath and see how she rattles when the engine stops.

We had that a few years back.

Sounds like it is gearbox out time again. Could be friction plate damper springs.

And the very best of British luck be with you that it doesn't throw its crank. ;)

Which 200tdi? Def or Disco.

Naw...my DNA is Rhodesian and does not like coldness...

I think the inbreeding effects the ability to feel the cold.