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Whilst the rust on the rear drive shafts and brakes was predominantly surface based, that couldn’t be said for the diff and diff mounting plate. Detritus had obviously built up between the mounting plate the rear of the diff. Moister and salt had then settled in this gap and rotten both. There was hardly any steal left in the mounting plate.
The diff was just as bad. The rear plat had disintegrated to powder. A touch with a screwdriver and the screwdriver went straight through the back-plate of the diff. As repairing the rear of the diff case is beyond my skills, I popped to T.D Fitchett in Telford and swapped the complete unit for a reconditioned one. Easy but expensive fix.