Transmission mounts

Don't know if you had the same problem as me but here goes. My tube's weld was

broken where the rear of the tube entered the body or, right where the front end

of the Bowden tube fitted onto it. I figured if I could stop the Bowden tube from pushing into the body, taking the end of the tube in with it, all would be good. So, I made this little "Bowden tube front end restraint", for lack of a better name for it. The tubular part of this restraint device works as the "male"  receiver of the "female" front end of the Bowden tube. The flat bar welded to it prevents the Bowden tube coming forward into the body when you push down on the clutch pedal. It took a minor amount of adjustment at the rear end of the cable but it has worked fine for me for about the last 20,000 miles.

By the way, it was four years ago this week that we bought our Speedster in Boise, Idaho and drove it home from there. We've put on 45,043 miles since then.

Here's the pic.

Just to clarify, this weldment is a stand alone piece and needs no welding to anything. If your clutch cable tube rear weld has gone US, this is an alternative to re-welding it to the chassis.

The picture in the above post shows it positioned on the front end of the Bowden tube and the flat bar is where it would be sitting against the chassis with the clutch cable running through it.

Sorry for any confusion in my earlier description Gordon.

Yup, I got that it is a stand-alone part, but too late for me as I got tired of waiting for my son to show up to weld it and did it myself (damn adult attention deficit thingie).  I ended up welding it to the lip of the shift rod coupler cavity, pretty much the way VW did it at the factory - just that they did a much better weld job.

So anyway.......it should hold (along with the weld at the front of the tube) and will certainly not be moving in and out, now, and I didn't set the car on fire, either......well, maybe a little grease fire from the residue in the tube, but what the heck.....I've had bigger grease fires on my stove!!

Hey Gordon,

I'm reading through this thread as I enjoy a cup of coffee. I'm going through nearly the same process as I upgrade my transmission. I think Teby just went through a similar upgrade/process on his car.

Thanks for making notes along your journey...

Ted

You're welcome - glad to do it.

I've now moved on to narrowing a pair of bucket seats from a Chrysler Masarati to fit into that ridiculously narrow seat well.  Started out with 19" wide seat bottom frames and now have one at just under 16" wide and beginning work on the second one.  

Re-learned a whole lot about the use of "Hog Rings" in automotive upholstery......

The fun never stops at Five Cent Racing.......

You go Gordon!

I saw those seats this summer when I stopped by your house they are going to look unbelievable in your car.  you should post some pictures under a new thread.

We missed you at today's event. Here is a photo of a few of the cars that came out.

https://drive.google.com/file/...R2s/view?usp=sharing