You can carefully use a bottle jack and length of wood between the chassis rails to gently ease apart the chassis rails so the crossmember falls out.
Any dents in the crossmember are probably caused by driving over hidden rocks.
I put a simple steel plate bolted to the inner wing mount to shield the clutch pipe....
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/2-5n-a-to-200tdi-conversion.168563/post-5518799
Prc6663 screwed straight into my 200tdi.
Check out my 2.5n/a to 200tdi conversion thread.
Maybe it's been sprayed Trident Green straight over a blue colour.
Does the Series temp gauge need a different sensor in the engine?
I know if you put a disco 200tdi in place of a 2.5n/a the gauge reads very hot unless you swap out the sensor.
I only wished for the forum to work properly and for the owners to give us updates, rather than no response.
I'm sorry if this great tragedy has upset and traumatised you.:rolleyes:
Gotta love really old people who never throw anything out...........the reason why @accywingy, @accyroy and @accynina can't find the good old smilies is because you have them all.