finally got around to doing this tonight, could not beleive how easy it was... did not even need any tools...
Took her out for a spin and.... OH MY GOD... I cannot beleive the difference... I am sure the handling improvement is in my mind... but I don't care... the care feels as good as the day I picked it up... The love is most certainly back!
On top of that.... bumped into a fellow F owner in a petrol station this evening who is looking to sell me a boot rack (hopefully at a reasonable price) AND a local mechanic has come back to me with a reasonable price to fix my "wobbly" gear stick.... on the whole... a cracking day!