Its a shit job droppping x member as you will also have to disconnevt the brakes as you have the copper lines that pass through the cross member so it will mean the brakes will need to be rebled, also you still are ristricted.

I did this job couple months back and i really think its easier just to pull the lump out.

On the brightside, i do have a genuine cossie 2wd high pressure pump i bought from Matt Lewis for £170 thats only done 200 miles i just need to get around to pulling the engine out