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On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 20:19, Jim Adney wrote: > On 15 Feb 2005 at 16:10, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > How easy are the auto transmission mounts to > > break? Last time I used a coathanger (suggested by Russ) to hold the > > back of the transmission up. Is that all I need to do or does it need > > more steadying than that to make sure the mount doesn't break? > > I really don't know how easy they are to break. And they are so hard to find > that I don't want to find out.... > > All it needs is something, anything, that will support the weight at the rear. > I had forgotten Russ's suggestion, but it sounds really easy and convenient. > Too bad it won't work on the MTs. IIRC, it will. There is a small lug on the top of the bellhousing that is used on the assembly line for some reason. If it is there, run the wire thru the hole, and thru the hole in the body under the hatch rubber, right in the middle. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~