850 AWD Rebuild thread/documentation

Ex850R yeah was fairly straightforward, for some reason I couldn't get it to slide out the back like the manuals/guides suggested, was far easier to slide out the side.

Ex850R I slid it out the drivers side, (right), not sure if the other way would've been better, the main obstacle was getting the steering shaft out through the small gap, had to loosen the engine mounts to make a few more millimetres of space.

Ex850R damn haha, never took any photos, never really thought about it till the job was done, will take photos next time. Wish I could say I did the job perfect, the car has formed a power steering leak since I made the replacement I'm still yet to narrow down, and I've got the hoses that run from the steering rack to the power steering pump floating in space as I cant seem to find how they are supposed to be secured from factory. I've tightened the hoses so hopefully that fixes the leaking fluid, and ill probably just throw a bash plate on rather then worrying about the loose hanging power steering hoses. Also nearly had the car topple over as it was sitting on some sketchy jack points as well haha.
Another issue I faced was putting back on the steering spline, spend honestly half the job trying to get the nut that locks it in place through the groove in the spline, ended up using the threads of the screw to force it through. Wasn't ideal but it worked, couldn't find any way to get it to line up and go through better.

Ex850R will send through some photos next time I'm under the car. That YouTube channel seems interesting, I like the xjs they have.

UPDATE:

Ive discovered his car is a total lemon haha.

Then the engine swap was done in the past, the brake booster vaccume hose was cut in two spots, and rather then getting a new hose, they reconnected the old hose with slightly larger bits of hose. As you can imagine, it popped off and i lost brake booster whilst driving. I suspect similar has been done with the ac system, as it doesnt even remotely hold any vaccume.

Since getting it on the road, car has had a worsening grinding/vibration on the front right, and a faulty rebuilt steering rack, it leaks out of literally every place it can. (Will be speaking to berry motor group for a replacement).

Furthermore, its started to push oil out of the dipstick, would that be cause by the dipstick o-ring being loose?

Aside from that the cars been great, ive driven it 6000klms so far, and only been through multiple liters of powers steering fluid haha.

Note, i also stole a spoiler off our v70 t5 and put it on haha.

Ex850R where do usually get the dipstick plastic handle from? Dont wanna pay a shitload for shipping from ipd. The one that was on the car fell apart so i "borrowed" one from my other 850, i think its a different part number, the diameter of this new dipstick is smaller

Ex850R huh interesting. Tbh i really dont like the steering feel of my 850 currently, although its probably mostly because the steering rack is leaking out the wazoo

Also whilst im on a roll, anyone know any details on if the AWD handbreak shoes are any different? Hand brake no workie, both from stretched cable and shitty brake shoes. I know the handbreak cable is awd specific.

I assume the handbrake shares a similar setup to the 740? Never taken an 850 rear apart.