RE: ANYBODY PLEASE>>>>MY ROCCO IS DYING!!!!!!!!!

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

Rob, 

First off, not to belittle the situation, but please don't use message 
titles like those unless your car is really dying. Yours is not, I can 
assure you. :-)

Now, the clunk is very possibly either the front engine mount, or the 
rear tranny mount. Could be something else, but the mounts are a good 
start. Sounds to me like you let off the clutch and it clunked, and it 
clunked again when putting power to the wheels going slow. You were not 
turning were you?

The front mount is near the bottom of the radiator. You need some triple 
square bits to get the starter bolts out( they hold the engine side 
bracked on). 
The rear tranny mount is easier.  You will need 13mm, 17mm, and 19mm  
wrences and/or sockets. Support the engine. 

Just get under the car, and poke around. You should be able to spot the 
front and rear mounts right away, and then visually inspect them. If 
there are any signs of falling apart, that's the one to change, although 
I would recommend changing the fron one in either case. Techtonics makes 
a nice HD front mount that will save  your flexjoint a lot of wear.  
Potterman might be able to get them for you. He will be able to get any 
stock mount you need. www.parts4vws.com

HTH

Jonas
85 Scirocco


CLaYpOoLME wrote:
>hello listers......i gotta situation here.....just started last 
>night.....never happened before...just this morning i went 
>outside to start 
>up the car and put it into gear.....i let my foot off the clutch 
>and feel a 
>clunking noise!!!!!!!!!!!ohh no! After taking it around the block 
>i realize 
>that this clunking only happens when 1)i am starting off 2)when i 
>am cruisin 
>at like 20 and i hit the accelerator hard............i believe 
>thet it is an 
>engine mount or trans mount....but i dont really know where to 
>start in my 
>approach towards fixing it.......what should i look for under the 
>hood?  How 
>much are mounts?where are the trans mounts located? and the 
>obvious-----Is 
>anybody selling mounts?please write back.....i need you now more 
>than ever...
>
>
>rob
>87 16v...........
>
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