In a message dated 9/25/98 12:29:46 PM, you wrote:

<<Maybe U-joint is the wrong term for it.. The manual called it a "flex =
join" if I remember right.. It's more equivalent to the CV of modern =
days.. they look like a 6" giant rubber donut>>

It's called a Geebo Joint--still found on Bmw and Mercedes, for example.  The
rubber is supposed to act as an absorber of the pulses due to power stroke in
the engine, making for a smoother ride.  It's the ability to remember these
things that make it hard for me to remember which Phospholipids have
glycosidic bonds!
p.