Puma Gearbox Bracket

[bemm52]

Looking under my 130 today I noticed a rectangular cross member going east west bolted to the two chassis rails, welded to this is a flattened pyramid shaped bracket with what looks to be a 5 or 6mm hole drilled in it


the gearbox/transfer case above this also has a similar hole lining up with the one in the bracket, gap between the two is about 30mm


Question.....is this a shipping bracket of some kind or should there be a mount there?


when I looked under the Missus's 90 she has exactly the same setup so maybe nothings amiss


Cheers

[Cammo]

Apparently, its there as a piece of tooling. IIRC, its used for locating when changing the gearbox mounts?

[dawsey]

Apparently, its there as a piece of tooling. IIRC, its used for locating when changing the gearbox mounts?

looks as though something should be there but your right,,thats the way it is, read a post with pics showing it in use awhile back

[cooperrat]

was under the car just 2 days ago and i wondered what that was for also,was going to post something this weekend to ask......spooky ...

[scarry]

Its there to suit the 8 speed auto that is an option in some markets;)


:wasntme::D


I wondered what it was as well:confused:

[MLD]

Its there to suit the 8 speed auto that is an option in some markets;)

Defender 130 with an 8 speed auto behind a 3.2 ltr 5 cylinder FOMOCO engine and LT230 TFC. Now we are talking a suitable package for touring. :D MLD