On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, thom fitzpatrick wrote: (snip) > > The last big noisemaker I have to take care of is the solid tranny mount. > Anyone have any eperience with an early mount conversion piece that wasn't > solid? I'm thinking about buying one and modifying it, cutting a slice out > of it an putting in a piece of rubber instead... > I've had a couple of pre-60 buses that used the original type mount with a tunnelcase TII swingaxle tranny & nose cose. It works, but refrain from any abuse as it's just the snout of the nosecone surrounded by the original-type rubber mount. There are some fabrication solutions, but I've often wondered if the best solution would be the original type mounting method previously mentioned combined with a Gene Berg type tranny mount that goes right between the tranny case and the nose cone and uses rubber mounts off to the side, IMHO. 8-) Jon Christensen '56,58,71 Ghias,'56,67 Bugs,'59,'61,'63 TII's, '87 Golf GL /V\ Membership Coordinator for the Vintage VW Club of America \W/ Co-Editor of the Vintage VW Club of America Newsletter vvwca@primenet.com Kansas City Kombis' NEATO Co-Representative
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