I believe I talked to that guy "Westman". The left front refered to the one
"odd ball" rubber bushing on the engine-support-bar to frame connection.
That has been welded on mine. It helped, but a drone is still present.

I just checked the weld, and it is still solid.

This is driving me crazy...., well driving me drink...,  well driving me to
this list!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@hotmail.com>
To: <McNock@easystreet.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations

> Another listee recently posted that he had changed all mounts to solid,
not
> rubber insulated, except the left front mount and that was his next change
> to do. He said that the changes he had made had improved the resonance
> problem enough that he thought this was at the root of the problem. It was
> completely contrary to what a person would think would help. Just as you
> said, transmitting vibration and resonance into the "large box" the van
is,
> would seem to increase the problem, yet what he had done went contrary to
> that "logic".
>
> Bob
>
> Could it be that it is not the exhaust, but simply that the rear engine
> mounts are inadequate for the engine at 3-4K?   I have heard that this
> engine, vibrates a lot AND has a natural resonance at 3-4K. Maybe the rear
> mounts (which are primitive and small by modern standards) are letting
this
> vibration reach the frame, which in turn creates, in large open space of
the
> vanagon body type, the "drone" type sound we hear?
>
> How can we test if it is engine mount related our exhaust related?
>
> Can any user help with this?
>
> Andrew Nock
>
>
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