Hy Jrpontiac, that rod is there to try and resist torque from the trans/engine, an old GM engineer once said "Parts left out cost nothing, and cause no service problems, so if we put it in there, you can be darn sure it's doing something." Go ahead and remove it to do your "brownie" installation, then see if you can't find a place to re-install after you have the "brownie" installed.
Last edited by 3B; 02/07/2012 6:41 PM.
