To all who responded with suggestions for taking off differential grease smell from hands - I hope you all knew I was kidding (I only have to move out to the couch!), but I do appreciate the numerous suggestions. John suggested rubber gloves - my experience with them is that the instant they see solvent of any type, they decompose into a sticky mess. Brain surgery they are great for, I assume, but working on cars seems to be beyond the capability of any I've tried. Dick Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Ariens <cariens@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:03 AM Subject: Subject: Re: IML: 1981-83 real axle ratio Hello list, Dick is absolutely correct ( as he usually is) and his math impeccable. His calculations agree with the FSM which shows the rear axle ratio on these cars to be 2.24:1(rounded off from Dick's 2.2380952............). Good work once again Dick B. Hope that you were able to get the grease smell off your hands and didn't have to sleep on the porch. Ah, the sacrifices we make for the IML! Chuck Ariens '81 Imperial (Beauty) '92 LeBaron Convertible