Date:         Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:12:45 EST
Reply-To:     KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Subject:      Vanagon Tranny Mount Idea
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As some of you already know, and the rest are about to learn, the youngest
Vanagon transmission mount out there is almost 10 years old.  So what does
that mean?  They are starting to fail and cause vibration problems, etc.  A
new mount is expensive (on my website for $120 PN 251399201K).

An idea I had a few months ago was to use a Rabbit engine mount (the round
one on the passenger side) to replace the aging Vanagon tranny mount.  The
would require buying the mount ($10 at the most) and having a shop cut the
old mount off of the bracket and weld the new one on.

A customer of mine recently tried this and it worked great.  Total cost would
be around $50 at the most.

Just wanted to share this with the list as more and more of these mounts need
replacing.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
http://www.vanagain.com
John 3:16
Office (856)-765-1583
Shop (856)-327-0027
Fax   (856)-327-2242