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A question from Stidub - what diameter are early style gearbox mount studs??
colonel mustard - November 9th, 2009 at 02:33 PM

As posted, Dave has asked me to find out, what size are early bug trans/engine mounts???


Sides - November 9th, 2009 at 02:43 PM

Jezebel has an early style front trans mount, and the studs on the pan are M10... so 10mm diameter, and the nut needs a 17mm spanner to turn em.

What's he up to with an early style trans mount ???


colonel mustard - November 9th, 2009 at 02:45 PM

umm.... its a bust trans with a beetle nose cone and rejs bell housing... Im not sure.


STIDUB - November 9th, 2009 at 04:52 PM

deciding if 4 gearbox case studs on the bellhousing end will be sufficient or if i should use the 2 lower engine studs aswell,
gearbox studs are only 7mm so i figured the standard banana mount size studs would be something useful to compare to
thanks for posting, i didnt have the laptop at work today, too busy doing uh.... work :smilegrin:


Sides - November 9th, 2009 at 05:22 PM

Ahh, well if it's the rear box mounts you're talkin about, that's a slightly different story (from the 'early' part of the question, I'd assumed front mount)

But, anyway:
- "banana mounts" to trans are M8... so 8 mm diameter (and yeah - there's 4 of 'em)
- engine to trans bolts are M10... so 10mm diameter if you were somehow going to build a mount around that


STIDUB - November 9th, 2009 at 05:28 PM

yep yep, sorry i didnt explain what i needed to know very clearly to mustard, was in a lil rush, lots of things going thru the grey matter & all that, comes with juggling real work & bug work i guess