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    Quote Originally Posted by David View Post
    What is interesting is that the mountings and bracket are listed as being different from VIN #732 (in the case of the manual box only). Anyone aware of any design change ?

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    Found this on the rave disc ....



    Wonder if it's a better option?
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    Quote Originally Posted by steve00136 View Post
    ... Wonder if it's a better option?
    What option for doing what, and in what sense better? Sorry, don't follow

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    That this may have replaced the the bobbin set up - assume they wouldn't have changed it unless they thought it was an improvement.
    Get it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by steve00136 View Post
    That this may have replaced the the bobbin set up - assume they wouldn't have changed it unless they thought it was an improvement.
    Get it?
    I think you may have a better imagination than I do.


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    Steve, I think the bobbins are obscured by the aspect view.
    I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.
    When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth

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    I'm only suggesting as a possibility they may have changed the rear mountings after #732 after David's remark that there may have been a design change.
    Maybe they utilised the XJ8 rear gear box mountings like the front engine mounts which are a derivative of the XJ8.

    Pic from the 260 workshop manual and of the xj8 gearbox mount.



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    Possible of course, Steve, but the change at #732 as indicated by the German site, if indeed that is fact, still indicates the need for two rubber mountings and the price is the same as prior to #732. That would be unlikely to be so were the change related to an XJ type mount, as you suggest could be the case.
    (P.S. Removed your dupe post, Steve).

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    Last edited by David; 24-12-2021 at 01:04 PM.

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    I'm still looking!! ....... I wonder if they used the BMW gearbox rubbers as they look very similar. Will get it up on the ramps at my local garage - the notch and peg should be a give away - possibly.

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    Just to update:-
    I got the car up on the ramps of my local garage and got a lot better look at the rubbers and came to the conclusion with the garage owner (who is an american classic car enthusiast) that the rubbers were fine.
    If not I would have bought the cheaper bobbin rubbers to fit before buying the £50 ones.
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