It was British Leyland's answer to US safety requirements.
As others have pointed out, it is to keep the engine and transmission
from becoming a missile in case of an accident.
Most other cars are designed to keep the engine from encroaching into
the passenger compartment in an accident and thus saving the lives of
said passengers.
Gotta love that British sense of humour (sp)!
Message: 7
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:30:36 +0000
From: andrewpayne@intrex.net
Subject: [Spridgets] Engine out!
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Message-ID:
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I am wondering if anyone else has cable running from the right bottom
bellhousing to the chassis near the transmission mount? I assume it is
a torque limiting device, but I did not find it in the books while we
were working.
Drew
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