On 4/6/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > if I'm following this right ... > your problem is that you would like the hole for the single 10mm diameter > bolt that goes through the front rubber trans mount to to have holes in the > metal trans bracket that are moved over slightly.
Yes. Need to move rubber mount piece closer to transmission, so new holes are needed. "Flipping" the mount 180* wasn't enough. I know you know this, but others may not. Installing a WBX transmission into an air cooled Vanagon with bracket/mount UN-modified, "pushes" engine toward the rear ~ 2.5".
> - and the existing holes are too close to the new hole locations. > Then I'd say weld a plate on the outside of the metal bracket, on both > sides, and drill new holes. > you can also fill in the old holes easily once that plate is in plate, by > welding. . > > Just need to find the right thickness of material, similar to the thickness > of the bracket. > If you had spare brackets, even cut one of those up ...though I don't like > wasting vanagon parts like that.
Thanks again Scott. Sounds like welding time. Thankfully my MIG will do ok on that gauge metal. (just over 4 mm) First I'll install the transmission and make sure I haven't messed up in measuring things. I was pretty careful though. Lined up the air cooled and modified WBX clutch housing faces with a level then put level on end of the WBX trans bracket and measured difference with calipers. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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