Hhhmmmm...don't know for sure if the '72's had one but
the cable is a major electrical ground and safety
mechanism. Check your rear transmission mount.
On the driver's side (US spec) there should be a small
boxish shaped bracket that sticks down from the mount.
It should have a hole in the front of it that would have mounted this cable.
The other end of this cable is actually used as one of the
motor to tranny mount bolts.
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
1973 MGBGT - daily driver
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/ob_description.htm
1978 Spitfire - in superb Shape
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit78.htm
1973 Round wheel Arch wire wheel Midget
http://www.teglerizer.com/midgetstuff/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Heavy Steel Cable
>
>What is this steel cable for? It certainly doesn't exist on
>my MK IV... I would guess it is meant to improve the
>crashworthiness of the car somehow.
>
>Doug Braun
>'72 Spit
>
>
>>There is also a heavy
>>steel cable attached to the front of the bell housing on one end and the
>>frame on the other. If you remove this it provides you with a little more
>>freedom of movement in that area.
>
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