Can't do that, as a youngster it will need to be insured in his name as the main driver.
My son was 17 when he insured his Ninety through AF.
I doubt A-plan will insure, I'm in my 50s and they don't qoute me a sensible price.
AF are probably your only choice, was for us, but I have no idea...
That's very poor, are they cheap ones?
I fitted a Febi Bilstein one on my Focus once, it failed in 3 days.
Check lower ball joint if you haven't already.
I had a car once which had a missing drop link, I never noticed!
Probably not best practice but I can't see how it will hurt for testing purposes, might affect the handling a bit if you go hurtling down some twisty roads.
I thought you had rebuilt the swivels already?
Did you replace the drop arm? You might aswell to discount it.
Could you not clamp the drop arm and then see if any play in the steering wheel?
Not sure how the pas pump could affect the road holding.
Did you replace the nuts and bolts in the suspension arms?
Steering column UJs?
Mine doesn't have an inch free play in the steering wheel
Drop arm?
I wouldn't presume a recon box is any good.