Differential replacement

Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
still active.

While coasting down a 3 mile hill, I heard a "clunk" from the rear
following by a whirring sound. Had a pretty good idea what the prob
was and prayed the thing would get me the next 50 miles to home. Made
it to 7 miles short of my destination when the rear end gave up the
ghost.

Now, I'm looking at replacing the rear. The car is a '91 with the
standard rear end. I've been abusing it for the last 63k miles, and
the car has 162k, so it surely doesn't owe me a thing, especially
since it's been running around 6lbs boost. Given current restraints,
I'm looking at the low-cost replacement part (an original) for around
$240 shipped. I'd love, however, to do the entire upgrade to the 1.8
rear, but so far all necessary parts seem to run in excess of $800.

Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
tried ebay, to no real avail.

DonB
'91 white

Don Benton > wrote in:

> Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
> tried ebay, to no real avail.

Keep trying ebay every couple of days, stuff shows up from time to time.

Try here as well:
http://www.junkyarddog.com/

Buy a badly wrecked 1.8? Even a fire would probably leave the diff intact.

Mal

"Don Benton" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
> still active.
>
> While coasting down a 3 mile hill, I heard a "clunk" from the rear
> following by a whirring sound. Had a pretty good idea what the prob
> was and prayed the thing would get me the next 50 miles to home. Made
> it to 7 miles short of my destination when the rear end gave up the
> ghost.
>
> Now, I'm looking at replacing the rear. The car is a '91 with the
> standard rear end. I've been abusing it for the last 63k miles, and
> the car has 162k, so it surely doesn't owe me a thing, especially
> since it's been running around 6lbs boost. Given current restraints,
> I'm looking at the low-cost replacement part (an original) for around
> $240 shipped. I'd love, however, to do the entire upgrade to the 1.8
> rear, but so far all necessary parts seem to run in excess of $800.
>
> Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
> tried ebay, to no real avail.
>
> DonB
> '91 white

Try www.car-part.com
Look for "carrier" and "differential".
I got lucky and paid $425 shipped.

Kempi



"Don Benton" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
> still active.
>
> While coasting down a 3 mile hill, I heard a "clunk" from the rear
> following by a whirring sound. Had a pretty good idea what the prob
> was and prayed the thing would get me the next 50 miles to home. Made
> it to 7 miles short of my destination when the rear end gave up the
> ghost.
>
> Now, I'm looking at replacing the rear. The car is a '91 with the
> standard rear end. I've been abusing it for the last 63k miles, and
> the car has 162k, so it surely doesn't owe me a thing, especially
> since it's been running around 6lbs boost. Given current restraints,
> I'm looking at the low-cost replacement part (an original) for around
> $240 shipped. I'd love, however, to do the entire upgrade to the 1.8
> rear, but so far all necessary parts seem to run in excess of $800.
>
> Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
> tried ebay, to no real avail.
>
> DonB
> '91 white