In my neverending quest to resuscitate my L200, I've made a discovery or 2 about the truck and it may lead to some explanations on how a few of the options were different to my donor wreck even though they had the same G63B engine and 5 speed gearbox. Judging by the size of the universal joints in it, mine's a half ton truck (68mm across the outside of the joints from cap to cap...?) It would also explain why the front stabiliser bar was a little on the puny side compared to the one on the donor wreck (24mm vs 28mm I think?) It also might touch on something else that has not really been explained - why there are 2 different types of front UCA pivots. Maybe there are 2 different specs for the half ton and one ton trucks

That aside, I've finally taken the tail shaft apart and got a shop to install my new centre pinion carrier bearing. I had to smack the old universal joints out with a 4lb hammer and an impact socket as a drift. After a huge battle with the first joint, I took an angle grinder to the other joints and cut through the pivots - everything was rusted in hard. The centre yoke retaining nut was on barely finger tight. It was probably due to how shot it was and the subsequent vibration that it had been exposed to. Now I'm trying to source reasonable priced uni joints to put it all back together. It is hard to believe this truck had only 180,000 km on the clock. The slip yoke is a bit beat up and has some pitting and a few grooves but fingers crossed, it will pass as serviceable. I've stepped back from my business for a few weeks to reign in my domestic stuff but still haven't got the free time to get wrenching on the beast...