Hi bowie69,
Thanks very much for that, i'm going to get all the bits together and try and do the swap in one go.
The halfshafts are ok . I was limping home in rear drive after blowing the front diff, then lost drive to the rear.I could hear a highspeed metallic noise in the gearbox area.After fitting a new front diff, it drives ok , but stuggles off road. I tried spinning the wheels up on ice and sometimes the rear axle would spin and sometimes the front.If i held the brakes on then gassed it , sometimes all 4 wheels would spin, but most of the time not su i assume the coupling is shot, i'm not sure.I'd prefer the lt230 anyway.
Thanks again,
andy