Are the mounts broken or distorted? My van suffers from clutch shudder, too. Replacing the rear engine mounts really didn't help, and I'm starting to wonder if the front tranny mount might actually be the problem. Anyway, to answer your question, It's a dirty job, but not a particularly hard one. Remove AFM and air cleaner. Disconnect accelerator cable. Put a floor jack under the engine (don't lift). Remove bolts holding engine crossmember. The jack is now holding the engine up. Lower it to allow access from beneath. You'll want to keep an eye on stuff above to make sure that you're not putting tension on anything I didn't tell you to disconnect. That's about it. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Yasment" <jyasment@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:52 AM Subject: Motor Mount Replacement
> Greetings- > > How would the list rate a rear motor mount > replacement. Some thing you can do in the driveway, > just by jacking the motor up a but with a floor jack > or something a bit more involved. > > I've been experiencing a bit more clutch shudder than > usual and heard a bit of undetermined ratlling from > behind on startup this evening. It was dark and I was > unable to verify the source in the dark and left her > were she was for the evening. > > TIA, > > ===== > Jason M. Yasment > '84 Westfalia > '98 Jetta TDI > Troy, NY > ICQ#22191965 > List Moderator vanagon-unrestricted@egroups.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.