Morning all. Just in need of finding out if my 55 plate xt uses the male or female drive shaft please. Many thanks 

Not really up to scratch on my newer stuff change over years and spec tbh.

The early female driveshafts have a hole for a round pin to go through,  to stop them sliding off the gearbox stub axles .

Maybe the male driveshaft inner c.v's wouldn't have the same hole in ?

So a visual check for a 6mm ish dia hole ,that goes right through the inner c.v  (between inner c.v gator and box) might answer your question