Picked up my 8.8 yesterday for $190, could have gotten it half off too if I waited a week but I would have had to do it solo. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread and provided pics/info. Definitely saved me a couple hundred bucks, found a few 8 3/4s but most were around a grand plus shipping. Currently I'm debating if I should just run it as is or spend the $500 or so to go through it all. Found an ancient internet relic that had some really good info on rebuilding an 8.8:
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/5ohcpa/cpa5ohtech001.htm The only tricky part seems to be setting the pinion depth, I suppose I could just rebuild everything and have someone else do that part. Any thoughts, tips, insults?