Date:         Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:49:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Organization: Shawnigan Lake School
Subject:      Liquid transmission mounts?
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Well, not exactly liquid...

In searching for a new nosecone mount on my '88
Westy, I went through the same process I did about 4
years ago - called Bowwow, dealer, etc, and found the
mount is worth $195+ CDN. Last time it was suggested
by Ole's VW in Duncan that I try a Rabbit engine mount
which conveniently can be pressed into the metal cage
of the original mount after removing the rubber. These
mounts are very cheap ($18) so I could buy ten of them
and replace them once a year. Apparently urethane
Rabbit mounts are not attainable, and probably would be
too harsh anyway, but urethane "inserts" are available
for $8 which fill the gaps in the rubber mounts to stiffen
them up, and perhaps increase lifespan.

Or another thought was to find some kind of liquid
urethane which could be used to rebuild the stock
mounts in a mold. Which brought me to this:

www.sikasolutions.com/Technical/pdf/sf252.ipdtrans.pdf

This is a marine grade Polyurethane sealant with high
strength and elasticity. Does anyone have any
experience with this stuff, or anything that might be
suitable for rebuilding engine mounts?


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Shawn Wright, Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca