This "tie-rod" sounds like suspiciously like the "engine restraining
cable" which was fitted to '75-on US spec Spits.
> This bracket apparently supports a "tie-rod" to abate fore-and-aft movement
> of the power-unit and is only found on "some models," according to my older
> Haynes manual; at a quick look I didn't see it mentioned in either my new
> Haynes or recent Bentley. My PO 74 (3-rail tranny w/o OD) didn't have one;
> my currently owned 78 (single-rail with OD) DOES have one.
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