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• Re: Vanagon motor mounts chirping?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:58:30 -0700
  ...Check your mounts to ensure the mountings are are tight. Your mounts also may be weak causing excessive engine movement leading to the the...
• Re: Vanagon motor mounts chirping?
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:11:24 +0200
  ...Check your mounts to ensure the mountings are are tight. Your mounts also may be weak causing excessive engine movement leading to the the...
• Re: motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:08:22 +0000
  Tony, > I was wondering if anyone has had problems with the engine mounts on the > 2.1L engine? (86 westy, standard) Just had mine...
• Was: Should engine mount move... Now: Viewing Image of Fox mounts in ETKA
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:10:05 -0700
  This is for a Jetta 2.0 engine with Fox mounts and brackets in my Vanagon. So, ok. In ETKA I'm viewing: '89...
• Re: Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 4 May 1998 17:33:30 -0700
  ...You have to go with a KEP engine adapter and flywheel and design your own motor mounts. This is really quite simple. You just...
• Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:29:28 -0500
  ...potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon Frank, I went browsing at the partsbin for mounts. Clear me up. I checked a couple of saab engine...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:35:45 -0800
  Ken, from your description it sounds like you used Vanagon diesel engine mounting parts. If so, that stuff mounts at 50 degrees, not 15...
• Re: Tiico - Welding Engine Mount
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:04:49 -0700
  ...Tiico - Welding Engine Mount > Why weld it? Our TiiCo engine was floating around on too soft mounts also. > Basically we immobilized all 3 by...
• Re: Vanagon related, engine mounts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:39:04 -0500
  ...I4 in my van and want to replace the R/L engine mounts as it > appears I'm getting some "klunking" in certain circumstances...
• Rough Idle / motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:59:15 -0400
  ...Well, my mechanic, who had to drop the engine to replace the main seal, said the motor mounts were fine. The very bad vibration...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:51:00 +0200
  ...In this way you can't use the regular Diesel engine mounts. Insert some spacers in front and back at the engine mounts to...
• Got motor mounts to take care of on my '88
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:13:06 -0500
  ...your motor mounts. Problem? Symptom of problem? Plan of attack?I started getting a new "whack" when I start the engine. Like something was...
• Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 4 May 1998 10:03:28 -0700
  ...Anyway, I haven't been very successful finding a diesel van to crawl under to look at how the engine mounts work and thus...
• Re: Squeaking & Squealing...Motor Mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:46:38 -0500
  Anything else suggest it's motor mounts? Sure, engines move around some on the mounts, but unless the bolts are loose there isn't...
• Cooling tin/engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:43:08 -0800
  ...Is there enough slop in the engine carrier and the mounts to account for this? Can I fix it by just loosening everything up...
• [Syncro] 2WD Diesel mounts in a Syncro... will it work?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:20:46 -0700
  ...The lowering is easiest to achieve by lowering the whole engine cage, not the mounts: 1/ Machine shims to put inbetween the cage and...
• How do you check engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:57:52 -0700
  ...I checked the archives and a common answer is "Check your engine mounts." What exactly am I to look for? Thanks, Vernon Craddock 1990...
• replacing engine mounts
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Sun, 22 May 2005 08:19:41 -0700
  ...Can I just use a floor jack to support the engine while I replace the mounts one-by-one? I'd also like to...
• Re: Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 4 May 1998 19:19:28 -0700
  ...engine over at the stock diesel angle. >| You have to go with a KEP engine adapter and flywheel and design your own >| motor mounts...
• Vibrations under load?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:34:45 -0800
  ...Suspect engine mounts".� I have good motor mounts on my old van.� Is there anything else I should be looking out for? � http://raleigh...
• Alternate source for Vanagon diesel engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:43:25 -0500
  I thought it would be great to replace the sacked mounts in my Vanagon TD, so far only the dealer can supply them to...
• Re: diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:05:44 -0700
  ...Mounts at 50 degrees with stock diesel Vanagon mounts. Less power and noisier. Either group of engines will require a diesel tank unless you...
• Re: Diesel Mounts Needed to BORROW!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:19:25 -0800
  > Listees, > > I need to BORROW the 2 aluminum mounts from a Diesel Vanagon. Anybody > that's got these mounts and will let me borrow...
• great shuddering VW's
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Fri, 30 May 1997 12:36:01 -0400
  ...Also, while sitting at idle, the van shakes slightly with the engine. I was wondering about the mounts when this other post came up...
• Re: VW Fox rubber engine mounts L/R Same? (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:03:48 -0700
  ...Fwiw, I have use Quantum TD rubber engine mounts ( might be what your fox ones are like ) on the left side of a TD...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:58:34 -0800
  check engine mounts?
• Re: FS: I4 conversion parts from diesel Vanagon..and 4spd tranny
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2000 18:52:47 EDT
  ...the VW I4 engine in your Vanagon: _Engine mount cradle tubes with frame mount brackets and rubber motor mounts _Engine mount brackets, fit between...
• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:36:15 -0600
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based > on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection > that...
• Re: speedo vs. tach mounts
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:41:59 -0700
  They all break, tachs too and tabs where cluster mounts to dash No, not from speedo cable or pushing odo reset. VW cut corners...
• Syncro Vibration
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:21:36 -0500
  ...transmission of engine mount. Yesterday i jacked up the front of the transmission (slightly) and the vibration ceased. The two mounts appear to be...
• FS: I4 conversion parts from diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 19 May 2000 16:38:49 -0600
  ...the VW I4 engine in your Vanagon: _Engine mount cradle tubes with frame mount brackets and rubber motor mounts _Engine mount brackets, fit between...
• Re: Got motor mounts to take care of on my '88
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:18:52 -0400
  ...your motor mounts. Problem? Symptom of problem? Plan of attack?I started getting a new "whack" when I start the engine. Like something was...
• Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:22:41 -0800
  ...potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon > > > Frank, I went browsing at the partsbin for mounts. > > Clear me up. I checked a couple of saab engine...
• Re: New sound?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:09:28 -0700
  ...Quick check of the tran and engine mounts would be an easy start. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http...
• Re: Vibrations under load?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:45:58 -0500
  ...Suspect engine mounts". I have > good motor mounts on my old van. Is there anything else I should be looking > out for? > > http://raleigh...
• motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:25:46 -0600
  ...wondering if anyone has had problems with the engine mounts on the 2.1L engine? (86 westy, standard) I was told(by my mechanic...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:05:35 -0800
  ...Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > > both engine mounts and trans. mounts Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00...
• Re: replacing engine mounts
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Sun, 22 May 2005 11:19:03 -0700
  ...replacing engine mounts > Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 13:22:09 -0400 > > Another cheapskate method for supporting or dropping the motor. You can > take...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:45:23 -0700
  ...engine back I can send you an extra set anytime. If you do this you should either switch to the 83 rubber mounts or...
• Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:49:31 -0600
  In my posting last night I quoted ver batum what Frank had said about motor mounts and possible selection of those. After reviewing my...
• Re: Motor Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:42:33 -0400
  ...I dropped the engine bar and forget which way the outer motor mounts go? Is it fold inside or out? Thanks Kevin 87 Westy...
• Re: Mickey Mouse Repair: Motor Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 13:26:36 -0400
  ...Can these be replaced? Uh, looks like these mounts are a unit with the entire cast aluminum engine plate. Ka- Ching $$$$. Must be another...
• Re: SUVs VS TINCANS! & rear engine mounts gone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:33:32 -0500
  ...all y'all with engine transplants in their vans that you should watch out for your rear engine mounts.... mine are completely compressed and...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 15 May 2013 10:55:41 -0700
  ...no under tie-bar, big rubber mounts , huge 14mm diameter bolts going through the rubber mounts . ( the engine also is mounted 2 inches further...
• Tiico engine mounts etc - website update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:30:20 -0700
  I have posted on my website, Ryan Alfonso's excellent pics of frame rails, mounts, etc that he was writing about in his post...
• Re: Motor Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:07:30 -0400
  ...I >dropped the engine bar and forget which way the outer motor mounts go? Is >it fold inside or out? >Thanks > >Kevin >87 Westy...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:16:51 -0800
  ...http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/mounts_FG.html Scanning some of that now reconfirms what little I know about isolating engine vibrations. Of...
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 21:35:48 -0800
  ...Right after my new (Meyle?) mounts were installed, I noticed > more engine noise, or vibration noise, in the cab. > (3/4 of the old...
• Re: How to check motor mounts, second request.
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:30:50 -0400
  To check the motor mounts remove the wieght of the engine/trans. by jacking up under the engine it self. Only jack up enough...
• Re: VW Fox rubber engine mounts L/R Same? (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:44:19 -0800
  ...mounts. > > > > But before I fabricate anymore, confirmation from others' would be > helpful. > > > > Are the left and right rubber mounts for the VW Fox engine...
• On I4 Engine Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:51:29 EDT
  ...I have engineered the revised mount to use the same intersection points as the stock vanagon engine attachment mounts. These mounts also include mechanical...
• Re: 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:19:02 -0800
  ...He said most of the mounts he'd ever seen on that kind of setup eventually broke on the side opposite the engine rotation...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:28:25 -0800
  ​RE: "Bang" A SWAG here but how about engine mounts?
• Speaking of diesels...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:01:42 -0700
  ...the bits: - 1.6TD, complete - Coolant tanks - Air Cleaner and mounts - Snorkel - Engine mounts, bars, etc. (off course) - 5 Speed Transaxle & mount - 5 Speed...
• It's alive - the Golf engine in my Double Cab!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 May 1998 23:16:47 -0700
  ...haven't timed the engine yet and the VW Diesel Rabbit transmission mounts that I used for the engine mounts arn't broken in...
• Re: Shuddering rear end /INFO!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 12:24:53 -0600
  ...to start with motor mounts first? > Should I be looking for a lot of play in the mounts? The engine seems to > rock a...
• Re: Motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:50:44 -0700
  ...up the engine. Remove the four bolts that hold the carrier on each side. Remove the lower attachments from the outer mounts - since they...
• Re: Question RE installing late radiator into 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:49 -0700
  Jim, the 83 diesel has the same upper and lower radiator mounts as all the waterboxers. It is only the 82 diesel that requires...
• TDI engines $1999.95
  Historical mailing list - Rene Berube
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:26:20 -0500
  Parts Place in AUburn Hills has new TDI engines, Turbo and injection pump, motor mounts included for $1999.95 US. (248)373-2300.
• Re: Eurospec stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:13:50 -0700
  ...The engines are not the problems, it is the items hanging off these engines. The motor mounts used in my kits are rubber mounts...