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So, now an "on the plus side" - before posting the above I went and took another look. Yeah, they're fucked... IDK how I even thought I was going to get away with not replacing these. One is oozing, the other is not far off oozing. Lesson: optimism is futile... put such childish things behind you. The plus side is both track rod ends came out easily. In one case a little worryingly so. I am planning to drive into down to visit Wilco next door to EuroCarParts tomorrow anyway so I think I'll just order those ends and try and "be done with it" per se. Also worth bearing in mind is if I get this car back on the road I'll probably be saving £40 per week in petrol costs off the bat. I have no idea how this car made it through an MOT with a clean slate a year ago, must have been Dodgy Bros Automotive... £100 cash for a guaranteed MOT pass. (And I kid you not, I have even had such a service offered to me... "friend of a friend" situation, but I did not enquire further.)