[tcb] Re: Bug Questions
- From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 10:36:05 -0700 (PDT)
I crawled underneath and can move the transmission up and down so it looks like
that's the problem.
Well crud! I had the engine out and body off for a month and now that I've got
it all back together it looks like I need to pull the engine and slide the
transmission back to change the front transmission mount. Any other options?
I wonder if that has something to do with the shifter issue also???
From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 7:18 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bug Questions
Yes Ronnie there is a front tranny mount on a bug, very similar to a bus. The
feeling you describe sounds like a bad or broken front tranny mount. I run a
solid mount in the baja and also replaced the one in the 550 (which was a
neopreme one that was broken) with a solid mount (which of course is a rear
mount in the 550 since it is mid-engine and the tranny sits backwards.). Only
complaint on solid mounts is that they transmit noise. In the Hummy that
shouldn't matter. Have also heard that they can lead to broken nose cones, but
have never seen one broken from this and even if they did it should occur only
on full out drag race type starts in 1st gear. They don't cost much, almost
any VW supplier should have one for less than $15.
Not an authority on after-market shifters, but I would think you need a means
of adjusting. You do it in a bug or bus by loosining the bolts and moving it
around. The holes are elongated.--- On Sun, 5/5/13, Ronnie Hughes
<fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [tcb] Bug Questions
>To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 3:41 PM
>
>
>Got the Hummbug running but have a couple of questions.
>1. Is there a front transmission mount on a bug? You you take or or slow
>down it feels like something is moving.
>2. I bought an EMPI trigger shifter at the Classic and can't seem to get 1 &
>2 gear sorted out. The reverse works fine, but when you come out of R it goes
>to 3rd & 4th. There isn't an adjusting plate like on a bus.
>Any suggestions appreciated.
>Ronnie
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