Zeus was able to find a piece of stock with matching curvature (from a jeep bumper). He cut the diff bracket such that he retained the large hole for the axle and the 2 lower mounting bolt holes. This cut piece was positioned 2" lower and the donor piece from the bumper was welded in place to fill the 2" gap. Basically he traded one vertical weld for a horizontal weld (1 vertical & 2 horizontal). That's why he didn't have the interference issue with one of the bolt heads on the pumpkin that I mentioned earlier). His are welded all the way around even though it doesn't look like it in his picture since he ground down the lowest section of the vertical weld.

The way that BigMeat did it (& I copied) was to cut out only the flat center section and replace with new material (retaining the curved areas in place). We ended up with 2 vertical welds and 1 horizontal. IIRC this is the same method that Joe Darlington uses.

Did I get it right Zeus???