[cockerpunk]

i dropped the cross member on my turbo car to replace the motor mounts. i could not get them out without doing so, there was no way.

so in putting together the car with the new mounts, i cannot figure out a way for the car to go back together with the mounts. if i bolt both mounts to the engine, loosly, and then bring the cross member back up, the bottom threaded pins are two wide, and will not go into the holes on the cross member. by like 1/2 an inch. so then i tried screwing them to the cross member, and bringing that up to the engine, and they also do not fit, again, they are about 1/2 inch too narrow, and the engine bolts don't line up. i have also tried attaching the passenger side one, on both the motor, and the cross member, and then kinda hinging the cross member up, with the drivers side motor mount in place, and its still, about 1/2 inch too narrow and the engine bolts don't line up.

everywhere i look the engine mounts are the same right and left, but i cannot find a way that they actually bolt into the car properly.

what is the trick? the cross member by every measure i've tried, is around 1/2 inch too narrow, and there isn't enough play in the bolt holes on it to allow it to fit.