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

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

Thanks, this answers that question.

Keith


> 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.


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