Suffered from displacement 'top bolt' avoidance today but in the end crept into the garage...

Previously had an e-mail from Derek confirming my bottom spacer arrangement was 'fine' & not an issue.. so no excuses not to continue...

After dropping a few spacers covered in copper slip into my eyes I finally got 2 in a side, any attempt at putting a 3rd in wasn't going to happen & they seemed to fill the space. Access was a nightmare & this job comes under the heading of 'annoying'... First attempt at putting the bolt in resulted in a very solid 'thunk' which didn't sound very hopeful. Had a squint down the hole & it looked like the diff needed raising a smidge. Using the engine hoist I gave it a tentative pump, not much happened but the bolt that was previously tight became loose so that was a good sign. gave the big bolt another tap & presto... few more light taps & then heard the satisfying clank of a bolt falling out the other side... result!

So job done & well happy! I quickly torqued up all the boltsnuts (in case they suddenly leapt out for no reason obviously...). Attached the prop shaft (which I had remembered to put in!), needed to take of the grease nipple to get the torque wrench on one of the bolts. Then pottered around & did a few random jobs like the accelerator cable... Gave myself a fright when I was bending the lever on top of the pedal (quite a lot...) as my wooden block fell out from under the pedal mid bend & I thought I'd snapped it off... so I now have two functioning pedals! (Clutch & accelerator). Used a drift inside the tube, a perfect fit but I was a bit concerned about breaking the pedal... seems a random way of taking up slack in a cable but there you go...

Well chuffed to get this Diff job off my list, I now need to read the manual to work out what needs to be done on the back end...