The entire axle casing needs some sort of treatment.
Recommendations for paint for the inside an axle casing req'd
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That's what you found when you opened it and cleaned it up?
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It isn't a totally uncommon thing to do.
Glyptal is the paint I know that gets used for this sort of thing. I've just bought a tin - it was 'king expensive.
I was asking if there is a common paint used on Land Rover parts but it seems as though the good folks here have never even heard of paint on the inside...
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It does seem to be an extravagant thing for LR to have done in the first place.
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Could have been done by a previous owner. Probably a short sighted farmer who kept paint and oil on the same shelf. 
I don't follow your logic. A differential is a mechanism that is kept alive with splash lubrication - oil on the walls of the axle housing / differential is not where you want it to be. If the oil drips off the walls faster that's a good thing. Porosity / surface roughness can be a problem in these castings which is why a good refurbisher will paint the inside if only to help stop the build up of muck and help oil drain (assuming the part will be serviced at some point in its life).
