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Originally Posted by davew833
About 5 years ago, SVXFiles was kind enough to sell me a front diff which I installed on the tranny of my '92 Claret when the same thing happened to me. The tranny shifted fine after I installed the new front diff, and I drove it that way for a while, but I never determined what caused the diff gears to grenade. I sold it a short time later to a guy who told me the AWD wasn't working (Solenoid C?) I caught up with the car about 2 years ago and the tranny was on the way out. The moral of the story is, whatever you do, don't just fix the obvious problem-- find out what caused it and fix that too.
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As I remember you had talk me into selling it to you.
Swapping out the front differential is not that technically difficult, but it is more work/labor than a strait transmission swap.
And unless you are SURE that you are getting the correct shims for the diff replacement, you are quickly borked, and have to do it again.
Doubling the labor/work.
A true known milage transmission is still a gamble, but usually guaranteed.
If you look closely on the drivers side of the transmission main body there is the original vehicles VIN number stamped into it.
With that VIN you can get a Carfax to find out the last reported milage.