Re: [T3] questions from the new type 3 owner (914 hanging)

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>The 914 engine hangs from the hanger bar (which is the FRONT of the 
engine) and the very end of the tranny (which is at the REAR of the car) 
so there's no middle support at all.  It's too much to explain how the 
engine hangs so here's a picture to help out:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=229726
Look at Figure 8.  There's a bolt that goes thru the mount up into the 
body mount (where the arrow is pointing), thus the engine literally 
hangs from these bolts.

Getting to the rubber mounts that connect the bar to the engine requires 
dropping the engine.  That's not too much fun but putting the engine 
back into the car is worse!

Toby Erkson  --  http://www.icbm.org/
'72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top
'95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE tranny w/Peloquin LSD, 270¼, TT Chip, SCCA Solo 2 EP#3
'73 Porsche 914 2.0L WIP; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped
Portland, Oregon



BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote:

> ...
> The bus and 914 use rubber bumpers on a bar that is bolted to steel, and the 
> engine case (with little brackets at the case end). I'm not really sure on the 914, as I don't own one, but the bar is cast iron (I have one) and it has tubular shaped ends like it's rubber mounted at the ends. Maybe Toby can help clear this up here as he's a 914 owner...

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