Ferrari 330 Transmission Mount



Sometimes one picture can represent more time than it looks! I wanted to replace the rear transmission mount on the blue 330GT I’m restoring before installing the transmission for the final time. It turns out this silent block bushing is not a very common part, and had to come from Maranello Parts in the UK. I put the order in, and waited a couple of weeks for it to arrive. Knowing better than to cut out the old one until I had the replacement part in my hand, I waited to check all the dimensions to make sure it would fit the transmission before I drilled out the old rubber bushing and cut the old one out. There were several methods to get the old bushing sleeve out, but I opted to cut most of the steel sleeve out with a reciprocating saw just before I touched the aluminum of the transmission body. I made two cuts that relieved some of the holding pressure of the bushing and hammered the collar the rest of the way out. The new one fit a little looser than the original one by just a thousandth or two of an inch, so I used some loctite to hold the bushing in place.