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Tranny Mounts Anyone?
The weather in Bama today was WONDERFUL. 70ish and mostly sunny. I
have been inspired by the rise in gas prices to get my buy in gear. While waiting for engine parts I decided to install the tranny mounts I bought a couple years ago. I had to air all four tires up and push the bug into my work shop to start the replacement. Of course I could never have obtained this goal without the professional help of Zach my 4yr old son. He sat in the car and yelled encouraging things to me as I pushed. It worked! Now with the bug in the work location, I chocked the front tires and crawled under. I soon had all the bolts loose on the old shreaded mounts. I thought I could just jack the tranny up and pop the old mounts out. NOT!! Hmmm says I, I soon discovered that I needed to remove the two LARGE bolts below the tranny that attach to the frame and hold the cross member in place. Someone has been busy packing dirt and grease and who knows what around all those bolts and braces. The cross member must have had 20 pounds of krud on it. I raked the large chunks off and gave it a bath in a 5 gallon buck of hot water and Greased Lightening. Worked great, just needed a little elbow grease and a brush. Now with a clean cross member and some fresh paint I started the reassembly. I gave the 27mm bolts a drink of synthetic wheel bearing grease (more like a really thick shake) to make sure in 40 more years they still come out. Next, bolt the new German Rubber mounts to the tranny with the writing and bumps to the rear as the originals were. Not sure it matters but why not. Lastly, jack the tranny up a little higher to help the crossmember to get back into place. Started the 27mm bolts in and snugged up, lower the tranny back into place on the new mounts. Installed the lower mounting bolts for the crossmember, a few swings of the ratchet and viola!! Now that looks good. While under there, I scrapped a lot of krud from the frame horns and other places that it had collected since 1968. I keep forgetting to drag my dig cam out and document some of these things. This is surely something that most people can do without much help, as long as the engine is out anyway. -- Terry B AKA VDUBBS Buggin in Bama http://vdubbs64.tripod.com |
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