I recently removed my Montreal Gearbox for a rebuild as there has been a slight whine for a long time.Anyway, I am going to post a few pictures of the process. I think the pictures are more help because you can use them as a reference as well.
Here are some pictures of the Cross Member. I removed it, stripped off all the paint, degreased and then etch primed it. Finally painted it with a semi flat black and baked it in the oven at 170 degrees for a couple of hours. Turned out quite well I must say.
I then fitted the new Gearbox Mount that I purchased from Classic Alfa. I must give them a a big shout out for their shipping. I have ordered a number of smallish parts and Classic Alfa have shipped all of them by DHL. 3 days for shipping from the UK to the USA! That's amazing and includes weekends as well. We cannot get shipping within the USA by USPS in that time frame!
For those of you thinking of replacing the Gearbox Mount, the part supplied by Classic Alfa is a very nicely made item. The only issue was when I went to fit it to the 2 upstanding flanges of the Cross Member, I found the Mount about 6.0 to 7.0 mm wider. I could not manually squeeze the rubber down. In the end I compressed the Rubber Mount in my vice and then fed it on to the Cross Member. O/I do not remember the old Mount to be as wide. I finished it all off with Grade 10.9 Bolts and here are some pictures of the finished product.
Hope that the pictures are helpful. Any questions, please contact me.
Karl Robertson
Here are some pictures of the Cross Member. I removed it, stripped off all the paint, degreased and then etch primed it. Finally painted it with a semi flat black and baked it in the oven at 170 degrees for a couple of hours. Turned out quite well I must say.
I then fitted the new Gearbox Mount that I purchased from Classic Alfa. I must give them a a big shout out for their shipping. I have ordered a number of smallish parts and Classic Alfa have shipped all of them by DHL. 3 days for shipping from the UK to the USA! That's amazing and includes weekends as well. We cannot get shipping within the USA by USPS in that time frame!
For those of you thinking of replacing the Gearbox Mount, the part supplied by Classic Alfa is a very nicely made item. The only issue was when I went to fit it to the 2 upstanding flanges of the Cross Member, I found the Mount about 6.0 to 7.0 mm wider. I could not manually squeeze the rubber down. In the end I compressed the Rubber Mount in my vice and then fed it on to the Cross Member. O/I do not remember the old Mount to be as wide. I finished it all off with Grade 10.9 Bolts and here are some pictures of the finished product.
Hope that the pictures are helpful. Any questions, please contact me.
Karl Robertson
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