If I remember right, you have to pull the muffler and all it's crap(heat shield etc. that alone will make it a half a day's work or better. whatever you do, replace them with German or OEM mounts. I was forced to replace mine with local FLAPS mounts made in Sri Lanka or Bangladesh or wherever and they don't do the job well. DM&FS -----Original Message----- From: Jason Yasment <jyasment@yahoo.com> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, October 12, 2000 3:57 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/ |
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