What does it mean if my gearstick moves back and forth while in gear when i accelerate and then back off. Like if i give it too it it will pull backwards and then when i ease off it moves forwards again.

Help is appreciated

your front gearbox mount is stuffed (at the nosecone of the gearbox).

How hard is ti to replace?

depends on how handy you are ?

Its not hard, but it is a bit of a PITA.

Depends on what mount you have at the font as well

I replaced mine and 2 months later it was moving again

That is why i put a Berg style semi ridgid gear box mount in

How can i tel what mount ive got.

I would call myself pretty handy, pulled a 64 engine with one jack and a mechancis trolley, with a few bits and pieces.

That is my late style

That is the "new" mount and it is rubbish

Okay, so i will get under my car tomoro and check it out. Dont really wanna have it off the road at all. What damage am i doing to the car by still driving it

get some thick long cable ties and tie the mount together till you are able to fix it (sooner rather than later) temp fix only. and do not take off quickly from a standing start.

Ive got some cable ties that they use for air con ducts, will they be okay. And can do that. Would it be okay if didnt fix it for like 7 weeks

do not know how long the temp fix will hold. monitor daily. try to repair ASAP.

Will do, its gettting a service soon so might get it done then

You will almost certainly have to move the entire engine and gearbox assembly to replace that mounting.

It's a bugger of a job.

The first mechanic who crawled under a Kubbelwagen in the mud and slush of a battlefield, to replace that engine mount must have done the most almighty dummy spit about that.

It's one of those things that should have been fixed decades before the Type 3 version.

OKay, well is there a stronger mount to get or is there only one type of mount for 71s

Yeah good point. I was thinking about getting a kafer bar, 5 bar one, would it be sensible to mount this at the same time. Also should i do the onther mounts as well?

I had the same problem when i had my Beetle in the 90's.
ran it for ages with the mount gone. if i remember right we managed to get the new mount in without taking the motor out

I wa planing on taking the motor out and then moving the trans back a bit so thats good to hear

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Originally posted by ian.mezz Quote: Originally posted by 71-BEETLE-SEDAN OKay, well is there a stronger mount to get or is there only one type of mount for 71s A stock one is fine you have to think, its only 38 years old is was going to break sooner or later

Im getting under the car no to put new exhaust on, im keen so ill check it out and if i can squeeze a cmaera under with me ill get some pics

Would a stuffed front mount also cause the car to shake sometimes, like on a flat road it feels like a wheel is loose or something, but they are all tight?

check your rear spline nuts. if there is a rusty dust around drum center, means they are moving in & out. need to retighten to required torque.

Are they the ones holding the drums on?

Years (about 48) ago I made a temporary front mount fix by drilling a 10mm hole right through, and fitted a M10 bolt and Nylock nut to hold the mount together. When the nut was tightened - slightly - it looked like a Vanilla Slice being squeezed, but it worked! Like a lot of 'temporary fixes' it stayed that way for quite a while. The gear lever didn't move, the only down side was a bit more noise was transmitted into the car.
Those red mounts are rubbish. They crumbled very quickly in my 'blackish' '59 Beetle, and I have now solid-mounted the engine.

Cheers, Greg

So i need a new one of these? is this the front gearbow mount?

yes if the old one is broken.