The folks from Merlin came through. A complete rebuild kit for rear shock on the Merlin arrived in the mail yesterday. It may seem like it's taken ages to get here...but I only confirmed the order last week. I'm surprised it arrived so quickly.
I've dropped the bike and the rebuild kit off to Declan....he's going to pull everything apart and have a go at rebuilding it.
I'm bikeless at the moment....which means I'm drving to work. Hopefully not for much longer!