something is not right about your throttle cable if you can feel engine movement in the gas pedal. It's fundamental to throttle cable installations that engine movement........and there is always some....... as no affect on the throttle. kinda hard to tell what you are talking about. I think you are thinking of making a engine movement-limiting bracket.........like you find on Honda's or Subaru's. Nice idea but should never be needed on any diesel vanagon-based or related engine installation. if engine movement detected in the gas pedal is what made you think about this, I'd look into the throttle cable setup first....... unless you know something is really Mickey mouse about the engine mounting brackets and so forth. And you don't have a simple broken rubber mount of any sort, right ? Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: Shortest rubber motor mount? (Vanagon/Jetta conversion)
> Hi all. > > Except for another exhaust crack, (it is now "NeilWelded" --- ;^) my > conversion is running well. > > But ..... > > there has always been a little fore/aft movement in the drivetrain. > When in 1st in parking lots, it surges a little. (engine shifts. I can > feel it in the gas pedal). I have the exhaust side Jetta engine > bracket and the stock threaded DV engine carrier holes appear to line > up with this bracket. > > My plan: > > fabricate a bracket that bolts to the frame, with an arm running > forward to the Jetta engine bracket. The rubber mount would be located > at that point. > > I want to use at least 1x2" for the arm, hence the request for a short > rubber mount. The arm of the bracket can only go so low as the exhaust > is in the way. > > The question: > > Does anyone know what the shortest VW (or other?) stock rubber mount would > be? > > Jim Akiba kindly advised on material to make mounts, but at this point > I would rather not wait for stuff in the mail. > > If need be, I guess I could make another bracket in place of the stock > aluminum Jetta bracket and use one of my leftover Fox mounts. > Hmmm...... > > Hope this all makes sense. If mockup pics are needed, I can snap some > pics. > > Thanks! > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
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