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Front gearbox mount for a '72 Automatic
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:03 am
by veedweeb
Hi,
I found that the gearbox mount in my '72 Square (automatic) has broken. I can convert this to a solid one until I can find a replacement rubber mount.
But are the mounts unique to Type 3s, or can a different mount be used from maybe a Bug or Vanagon or something like that?
Thanks
Steve
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:40 am
by Tom Notch
The mount is No Longer Available, NLA, plus it is unique to the T3.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:07 pm
by raygreenwood
Hmmm.....what does it look like? (I should know this
) Ray
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:06 pm
by Tom Notch
I have one, but its far from easy to get a pix of it...........
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:15 am
by veedweeb
raygreenwood wrote:Hmmm.....what does it look like? (I should know this
) Ray
It's a steel plate with 4 holes (captive nuts) that bolts to the chassis and another plate with 2 holes that bolts to the nose cone of the gearbox. Between the plates is a bonded rubber block.
Mine has come apart, but it looks like I have managed to find a decent used one. So, happy days!!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:11 am
by raygreenwood
If someone would spare even a worn one for a few days...I could make a mold of it to cast in Urethane. Ray
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:50 pm
by Piledriver
Still up to that offer, Ray?
An original would be needed as a core, the cast steel bits are required...
A service rebuilding them might be viable, as they are NLA.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:36 am
by raygreenwood
Opps..sorry for the
delay. Yes. It would force me to get back to the many projects on my large stove with 30 back burners on it...Ray