I was super quick when I cleaned it out - I didn't let it sit at all. Also on a warm day it tends to evaporate quite quickly. The front seal does seem to be a pain to fit. I guess that'll be the one to go.

Even so the amount of muck I got out of the diff has got be worthwhile removing and there is little chance of getting the stuff out of the back of the diff without some sort of pressurised spray effect - so something like brake cleaner has to be the way.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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