>(the center housing) had been eaten completely through the top of the casing
>- a whole the size of a hot-dog bun.  It looked like acid or electrolysis
did the
>dirty deed.  Not only that, it had eaten into the differential housing at
the
>seam.

Witness the amazing power of salt!  Someone must have spent time at the
beach and not washed later, this is waaaay worse than my rusty trans on
which seams are eaten in, clutch shaft bearing half gone, shift linkage
mount gone, etc.

bye, Tim