California, sorry for the late reply , I dropped in today for the first time since Christmas 2014. I sure did get that differential back working in early 2015 and it is still going strong. when all the parts finally arrived they where slightly different from the originals but with a few extra shims I sorted it out, I had to fly by the seat of my pants and I put it back together guessing the tolerances by trial and error. When I finally got it back together I ran the tractor in gear on blocks for about 4 hrs to let everything bed in with absolutely no load. Its been one great tractor, abused now for 20 years and still going.