1986 930 R&R and light "while' I'm in there". Light.

[gsxrken]

Originally Posted by gsxrken

Thanks for the idea and memory jog. It occurs to me now that I am not going to alter the relationship between the two by loosening the housing and tapping. The fan is on the alt which is bolted to the housing, so it's the alt that needs to be shifted. Cheers!

Turns out I had the fan strap cranked a little too tight. I was all set to shim the alt, and when I began by loosening the strap bolt, the fan freed up. I guess it doesn't take too much to distort the fan housing! The bolt is just snugged now 15 ft lbs and no issues.

[gsxrken]

Talk about humbling experiences. I had lowered my engine with the crane onto the wood frame sitting on my floor jack. My other jack is under the transmission leveling things out. So I realized, rather than just take the trans jack out and jack up the car for the engine install, I can use the crane to lift the car onto jackstands. Brilliant, right? I took two eye bolts I had around and put them through the engine mount holes and proceeded to lift the car. It was only about 6 inches high when all hell broke loose. I realized what I was really doing was removing the rubber insert from the mount.
Kills me because I'm stalled now. I have no means to get this bushing back in the mount, and new mounts are not only $$, but worse they are on the opposite coast at Pelican.

[oilonly]

Oh brother, what a smack in the head. Been there, hope you get over it soon.

[cole930]

I hate it when that happens !!!!!

Cole

[gsxrken]

Yes, live and learn. Had I placed a large flat washer under the mount, it would not have happened. I spent an afternoon trying to find a shop that would attempt to press it back in to no avail. I'm now overnighting two Wevo engine mounts (with the black bushings).

I looked at my trans mounts and I don't see any cracks, plus the 930 mount is different than the 911s... the 911s use the exact motor mount two-bolt flange, whereas the 930 has a nonservicable pressed in deal.
I did have some perceptible engine rock when I accelerated and had my hand on the shifter. Although it wasn't something I was going to address at this time, these mounts may tighten that up.