I'm wondering what is meant by modified transmission mounts.
pretty sure I saw those words.

your fast series of knocks comments sure reminds me of 'shift linkage'
something.

try this sometime.....
it helps to have someone else drive ...put your ear right on the shift
knob , driving in gear.
You may even hear that sound amplified. Lots of racket is sometimes very
evident there.

lacking another driver ..use  a ( ideally hard wood )stick as  a
listening device..
stick onthe shift knob, other end on your ear flap...
or stethoscope on the shift knob.

the shift linkage is a direct sound path into the cockpit ..
everything is suppossed to be isolated sound and vibration wise...but
sometimes it's not.

scott

On 4/15/2013 11:47 AM, neil n wrote:
> Good point. I'll double check that.
>
> The sound I hear is a fast series of knocks (almost like a growl) that
> coincide with engine RPM. They sound like they're coming from under
> the rear bench and sound almost identical to the noise created by
> this. Image:
>
> https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nn_YF4FQo1w/S8k1gc6VptI/AAAAAAAAC28/KrrbACZh6Rk/s720/TransmissionBracket_ClutchHoseBracketTouching2.jpg
>
> Which was addressed at that time.
>
> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L5ZWCt8yWKA/S8k1QYfTxOI/AAAAAAAAC2s/oD5hUlz61oo/s720/TransmissionBracket_ClearedFromClutchHoseBracket.jpg
>
> Neil.
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:41 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>    With the intake boot acting as a spring, the filter was vibrating like a
>> bell clapper inside the cavity and bouncing off the bottom.  Instead of a
>> bell tone, however, it sounded a lot more like a 3 year old beating on a pot
>> with a wooden spoon.
>>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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>
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>
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>
> Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>
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