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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Would really appreciate some diagnostic confirmation/correction/guidance followed by any advice regarding availability/re-buildability. </span></font></div>
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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Car: '70 3500S. I am now on my 2nd, what I suspect is, a dead 'pumpkin' (differential). Recently developed a rear end thump,
very noticeable when slowing, absent at high rpm's. All universal joints replaced in past 500 miles, brake calipers rebuilt, disc brake bolts tightened and secured, top and bottom rear shock absorber nuts nice and tight, rebuilt DeDion in past 500 miles
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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">When I put the car up on the lift and then the rear end up on jack stands there was no excessive play in any of part of the rear
drive train. With the gear box in neutral, I rotated each rear wheel and discovered the rear passenger wheel rotated freely, but the left rear would only rotate about 270 degrees before stopping. With some force and I could get it to free up and then continue
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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">With the rear still elevated, I turned on the engine, put it into first gear, and let it run freely. I immediately noticed that
on each rotation the whole left side of the differential would dip down as though it were again momentarily caught or binding. </span></font></div>
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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">1) Does anyone know if there is a rebuild kit available, because when I replaced my original worn out unit with the current one,
there was no assurance (except that it rotated freely) how many actual miles it had on it. 2) Barring an unobtainium rebuilt kit does anyone know of any low mileage units available? 3) Is this differential exclusive to the Rover V8 3500 model (not well
enough versed to know if it is the same differential in the 2000/2200 series?) or are there other marques which used it (e.g., Jaguar????).</span></font></div>
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<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Any help would be appreciated. </span></font></div>
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