Did you re-check your motor mounts?  My inline was clunking going uphill.  I
have a driveway with some 'whoops' and quite steep.  Sometimes if I dawdle
on the steep portion my rear wheels will start to tramp and spin a little
and when my motor mount was loose and failing, it made this loud clunking.
Once I discovered the PO had left off the cross-engine brace causing a lot
of stress on my rightside motor mount and repaired the whole system, that
clunk went bye bye.
  The nose of my 5sp will move some...I can lift it against the rubber mount
and see some movement, but the mount itself looks ok.... I do carry around a
spare, if it ever lets loose.
  Don Hanson

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:15 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> So I ground away more material. Sound seemed be gone, but came back.
>
> Pulled engine cover and revved engine to look for any excessive
> movement.  Saw transmission rotate L/R as it should but noticed that
> transmission bracket is close to clutch hydraulic flex hose bracket on
> frame. I recall that these parts were close at time of refitting
> parts, but stuff fit so dismissed it.
>
> Hopefully it's not the transmission itself. Sound happens under load up
> hill.
>
> Oh and my comment about transmission bracket coming up and hitting
> mount metal was wrong I think. If anything, it seems to me that when
> driving forward, the nose of transmission would want to push down when
> accelerating. I think.....   ;^)
>
> Thanks for help people.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > .... more than 1/8" ?
> >
> > Re: the WBX transmission I've installed in my '81.
> >
> > As anticipated, the front bracket on transmission sounds like it's
> > contacting frame under load. i.e. going uphill I hear the engine
> > vibrate through to cab.
> >
> > How much room should there be between transmission front bracket and
> frame?
> >
> > I see ~ 1/8" .
> >
> > Pretty sure the rubber in mount is ok.
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
> >
> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
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>