Re: [T3] Rear engine mount/bushing

["Ginger D.&Peter P." <gingerd@teleport.com>]

    There are a lot of things to go thud back there!  In my case, the noise
was the remains of the secondary torsion spring ("z-spring", above the rear
tranny).
    I have all the pieces together to reassemble this, except the
rubber-steel-rubber bushings... anyone know where to get these?

Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR

Grant Voigt wrote:

> 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
> >eff>謁his 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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