[tcb] Re: Did '59s use solid mounts?
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:27:44 -0800 (PST)
Which tranny did your bus have originally? Split case or tunnel case? They
changed during model year 59. If it is a split case originally then the tunnel
case (which a big nut is as well as all trannys after the split case) will not
bolt up to the frame mounts on your bus. If it was originally a tunnel case
then it is simply a bolt it in because small nut and big nut trannys that are
both tunnel cases are interchangeable. If not one way to solve this problem is
to use the solid mounts. You have the same problem in installing tunnel cases
in the Type I that originally came with a split case. I have a couple of bugs
that I run with the solid mount and it is no problem. I have heard that the
busses, due to the large empty space in the rear cabin are kind of noisy with
them. Off the top of my head I can't remember what to do in a bus with this
exchange to run a normal front tranny mount. There is a thread on this on the
Samba
somewhere. What you do in a bug is to replace the nose cone on the tunnel
case with a bus nose cone which allows you to bolt up with a normal rubber
front tranny mount.
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Did '59s use solid mounts?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 1:21 AM
You've got mounts, or at least should have mounts.
They bolt to the tranny I believe, or maybe the rear mount, can't remember.
You definitely want them there though.
Quoting James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I was down in Ennis doing one last once over before paint begins tomorrow
> (looks awesome) and Jay told me the tranny I'm gonna get (big nut) doesn't
> have the rubber engine mounts.
> I imagine that would cause extra vibration and noise. Is that the way they
> were? Never driven anything that didn't have those rubber ones.
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