Old Leafsprung Land Rovers

Need to get the relay out of the front crossmember but how? Need to cause as little damage as possible. I do have at my disposal a feking big hammer and a very blunt chisel.

Any other gear needed?

I welded a hashed-up cage around the chassis using big metal from an old gate,designed to allow a 6 ton bottle jack to press the relay out from underneath.
The relay didn't want to come out,but it was left with no option,cage was chopped off afterwards and thrown onto the scrap pile.

There are countless ways, depending upon how much you want to sweat and what level of damage you wish to avoid to the cross-member.

Either way, I'd repeatedly soak it in diesel for a couple of days, later going with the method of trying to jack the thing out, with hefty taps to a robust piece of wood on the cross-member.

I haven't done this yet, but Drews method sound good.


HHH

Why do you NEED to get it out? Only if you do not NEED to get it  out it will be far easier to rebuild it in situ. I have been trying to get mine out for 3 months, tried all sorts, as part of a rebuild, it finally came out by removing the internals (carefully inside a sack as it is spring loaded) and making a puller with 12mm rod with a slide hammer on the end. I loaded it up with a LOT of force then hit the top of the relay from side to side eventully it moved.

Problem is the tube inside was rusty and has crumpled as the relay pulled through so i now need to replace it anyway  , I needed the relay out so i can weld up the hole under the top collar bit. 

Need it out as the chassis is going for galvanizing. It seems to be stuck on the interior collar.

My get the wife to stare at it, she makes everything shrink................

The last time I took one out I undid the two top bolts and lifted it out with a finger and thumb