Carl and others,

On Mon, 2001-01-22 01:14:43 -0600, Carl Hansen wrote:

> ...
> 1.  I believe the rubber damper on the drive shaft goes at the rear.
>
> Is this correct?

Correct for FIs, incorrect for Diesels.

> 2.  There is a pipe protecting the shift linkage to the passenger side of
> the drive shaft.  The front slips into another tube, the back end is held
> up by some sort of bracket.  The bracket doesn't seem to match very well to
> a hole in the frame.
>
> Is there some sort of standoff between the bracket and the frame, or does
> the bracket just bolt to the frame direct?

The original bracket bolts flat to the frame.  It has two wholes though,
and only one of them results in a nice alignment with the shift linkage.

> 3.  The sub frame seemed to bolt right up.  No real adjustment to speak of,
> although there are left/right slots there.
>
> Am I missing something here, isn't there supposed to be some sort of
> adjustment to put it in the right place, or forward/backward adjustment to
> align correctly for the drive shaft??  I seem to remember something about
> correct placement in relation to the drive shaft.

No adjustment that I'm aware of.

I hope this helps.

sincerely
 Rainer

'89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"

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