Limited time for much research on this, but what I have found so far suggests the housing failure is due to the thrust bearing wearing out and the thing just eating up through the housing.
So a new housing assembly is needed. Plus all the bearings. And the gear. Feeling pretty pricey $$$$$
I better inspect the back gear box before going much further. If its in as bad of condition... well, there isnt much left after that.
It might be that these front gear boxes were used on a lot of models so I might get lucky in finding one used.
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