Thanks for aksin'...

..Tried and tried and kept trying...heated it up w plumbers torch, scalded my arm, sweated and swore... Had some buddies over to help tackle it, more sweating and swearing, finally I broke the slide hammer - cracked the cast flange-fitting right in half..
Nothing is going €##}$@ anywhere.

Now I'm asking around locally for another 8-3/4 rear end to swap in.

My driveshaft isn't the old slip yoke type, my diff case is a good 742 with factory spec 2.76 ratio (AC car) that I like well enough on highway trips... But I bet I'll get a 3.23. I'm thinking I could swap my 742 into whatever 8-3/4 I get. Any thoughts?

For now, I'll start dropping the whole thing out of the car.

Cheers,
- Art

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