Thread: what does this part do?

I have a diesel and I aint never seen one of them before but surely it must fit somewhere?

I know where that glove goes though

It's not the filler tube for the auto is it?

locating brace.

stops the engine and trans from moving around.

only really any use if the mounts are buggered.

Quick responses!
Not a filler tube...it is solid metal round right down to the end that attaches to the transfer case where it gets flat...attached by two bolts at the transfer case end.
At the gearbox it goes through a hole hanging off the side of the casing and then gets a bolt on the end.
Mystery metal!?!

PS. Do you know where the glove has been though?

I figured it must be some kind of brace as it had no visible functions...did not move or lever anything.

Thanks for the advice.

Most appreciated.

Baser

Originally Posted by baser2010

.......PS. Do you know where the glove has been though?

Oooh, oooh, oooh, I know this one! You posted it off to a PO Box address in the Bahamas, with specific instructions to the recipient that it had to be returned to Australia in a flight attendant's sock, and only if they were working the business class cabin?

Correct answer....but what happened to the other glove? A one armed mechanic?

So it is stoping the TC from moving/fleexing rearward away from the g/box ?. I have never seen one on any engine/ trans configuration. Maybe it catches the broken tailshaft before it smashes through the side of the gearbox.