Re: [T3] Rear engine mount

["Grant Voigt" <gcv@kreative.net>]

I don't know about that, Mine are shot and when I go over bumps I hear a
thud, My thought is that is the motor recieving a shock, but I could be
wrong.

grant
gcv@kreative.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Rear engine mount


>
>DaveH=> Can someone explain why the early rear engine mounting isn't an
>     => engine mounting?
>
>The accumulated experience of many T3 owners is that there is no ill
>effect if this connection is missing. It's therefore not structurally
>important, as one would expect of an engine mount. It seems too flimsy to
>make much difference if the tranny mounts break, and it's too loose to
>do much about side-to-side movement. I'd love to hear a good explanation
>of what it's for, and I think it would be rash to just go without it,
>but I sure can't figure a function for it.
>
>Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
>'66 343
>
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