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Is this something i could do with a haynes manual with engine in place or is it an engine out job?

cheers

Yes it is something you could do with the engine in.. but you need to support the engine well to be able to drop the rear mounting bar... of course, the botls could be rusted and difficult to remove etc... could be a right pain...

rough guide

get it on the ramps
support the engine
disconnect the battery
dump the water
disconnect the water pipes
disconnect the gear linkage
remove the tinware
take out the silencer shroud bolts
undo the four bolts holding the engine bar to the body
loosen gearbox mount
lower it
remove the shroud

change the mounts

nice weekend job

There's no need to drop the coolant Kev ! The engine stays where it is, + or - an inch or 2 .

Ian.

Its an early one... might not be any water in it

if theres water in it i'll be back to ask why

will order some mounts.... how hard can it be

cheers

Yep, that lower grill clearly fooled me and Kev

Ian

Ian Hulley wrote:Yep, that lower grill clearly fooled me and Kev

Ian

Hadnt seen a pic of the front... but it doesnt look like there is a hole behind the lower grill in anycase...

i also wonderd why it has a grill as toomanytoys points out, there isnt actually a hole behind it! i havent taken it off yet but i will soon

If the new mounts are from GSF or Justkampers have a dremmel or a round file ready to get the holes in the right place cause none of mine were
fitted new ones a couple of months ago.

horizontal kipper wrote:If the new mounts are from GSF or Justkampers have a dremmel or a round file ready to get the holes in the right place cause none of mine were
fitted new ones a couple of months ago.

Agree 100%

Ian

me too
infact... I've got some here.. you can have them

m1c wrote:i also wonderd why it has a grill as toomanytoys points out, there isnt actually a hole behind it! i havent taken it off yet but i will soon

I was told by a dutch man that our german friends who couldn't afford to buy the new water cooled vans when the first came out decided to make there older Aircooled ones look modern by sticking an optional lower grill on. How right it is I don't know but is one explanation we saw a few like it when we went to dutch show.

kevtherev wrote:me too
infact... I've got some here.. you can have them

Carefully press them tightly onto the mounting bar in the vice as near as they'll fit and a tiny bit of round file work and they'll go on.

Ian

horizontal kipper wrote:

m1c wrote:i also wonderd why it has a grill as toomanytoys points out, there isnt actually a hole behind it! i havent taken it off yet but i will soon

I was told by a dutch man that our german friends who couldn't afford to buy the new water cooled vans when the first came out decided to make there older Aircooled ones look modern by sticking an optional lower grill on. How right it is I don't know but is one explanation we saw a few like it when we went to dutch show.

take it orf
be proud of the heritage.

it looks wrong anyway