Differential

I got the differential into the Westfield today. That’s a big step, and I’m pretty excited. It’s  very heavy, so I used the engine hoist, and enlisted Peter’s help.

It went in pretty smoothly, but it is pretty crowded back there. It’s actually quite a clever design. The front of the differential bolts to a pair of bushings at the back of the transmission tunnel.

And each of the two arms in the back end up bolted into the brackets which hold the upper end of the rear springs.

Once everything is lined up, it looks something like this:

The only problem we ran into is that it interferes with one of the brake lines, so I’ll have to adjust that tomorrow.