As some may recall, a few weeks ago I was asking about unusual diff noises, and then reporting on my progress to a fix. When last I posted, I was getting the diff replaced at a local garage, being too week and weedy to cope with the job myself.
The actual cost wasn't that bad.
The old diff is now in a corner of the shed, and it really does need some attention to bearings and the set-up. There's a lot of fore-and- aft movement on the pinion.
The cause seems to have been the inside end of a broken half-shaft, which must have been in there since before I bought the Land Rover. The lump was well-chewed, though the gear teeth on the diff don't look too bad.
If anybody wants a Rover diff for parts, or even repair, they can have it. Considering what the workshop manual says about the job, it's not worth the effort if you are paying a mechanic. Heck, it's hardly worth the delivery cost. So if you can pick it up from (roughly) 5 miles south of the M180/A180 junction in northern Lincolnshire, drop me an email.
Or should I try for a fool on eBay? "Ex-military shaft-speed synchronizer to fit Land Rover or similar"