I am indeed near Hitchin/Shefford. Luton to be exact. I do not own any Galaxies. I work on them. That linkage wouldn't budge, so in the end I got a new linkage. The linkages are not the same on newer models AFAIK. Even the MK2 Galaxy has 2 different linkages available. Do you have a salvage place somewhere? I use Barton Breakers for Ford bits.