[MBEngineering]

HI Geneman

with a little work and twisting, the rod will come out of the car with the engine and box in, you will need to remove the gearbox crossmember, jack up the box as far as it will go, take off the box joint and pull/twist the rod out through the hole, remembering which way it was in the last bit to start it back in the car on re-fit

I have changed 2-3 this way with the same prob' of the 2 spot-welds braking off under the gearlever