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Well yesterday I coughed up £120odd to pay for 6 months road tax. After a few months tinkering she is back on the road again Just in time for a sunday morning blast to Goodwood this weekend.

Only real issue is that having replaced the engine mount rubbers I seem to have moved the gearbox which is rubbing the side of the transmission tunnel and making a racket

Any good tips on finding the spot that is touching? Can't get under it with the car running and even when I can see anything its close in so many places (and always has been) I can't decide which bit to 'persuade' this time

peter030371 wrote:Well yesterday I coughed up £120odd to pay for 6 months road tax. After a few months tinkering she is back on the road again Just in time for a sunday morning blast to Goodwood this weekend.

Only real issue is that having replaced the engine mount rubbers I seem to have moved the gearbox which is rubbing the side of the transmission tunnel and making a racket

Any good tips on finding the spot that is touching? Can't get under it with the car running and even when I can see anything its close in so many places (and always has been) I can't decide which bit to 'persuade' this time

I bet it's those new rubbers --- when I changed one side on mine the engine tilted slightly to the drivers side -- they're thicker. In my case I simply eased the top edge of the gearbox lid with the soft hammer. If you can't find the spot that's touching , pass an old inner throttle cable down the sides with the tunnel cover off to see better.

The engine mounts are now as thick as they should be but I get what you are saying.

Might have to put up with the rattle for a couple of days and then get the transmission tunnel cover off next week to see what is going on down there

You could try swapping the mounts over if they are the same. I had an ovalled bolt on the front wishbone that caused the car to lurch on acceleration and then lurch back on lifting off - I swapped the bolts over side to side because it was easy and problem solved!

Thats another good idea. Hopefully I will get an hour to tinker with it later today....can't be that difficult can it