[Kevin Powers]

well that is the boot for a 73 up and the clamp on the shift rod appears to be correct so i stand corrected.but the engine support bar is probably the culprit, the shift rod passes through a hole in the right one and the coupler for the 2 rods might be banging into it . is the swivel piece that the end of the rubber boot banging into the bottom of the fan housing? hard to tell from that angle. don't worry about buying rubber mounts, the later setup uses solid mounts. post your needs in the 914 classifieds.better get a handle on that rust on the lower firewall and around the edges of that oval plate that the early style plastic cover attached to.