Replacing front motor mount
 

Just finished replacing the front motor mount on my 1998 986 and thank you, thank you for your technical DIY page on how its done. The only problem I had was the difficulty in accomplishing it all on jack stands. Not all of my bones and joints move the way the needed so some inventiveness was required. THANKS GUYS

Glad to hear that you found them useful. Let us know if you have any other questions.

I'm in my almost late 60's and replaced an engine winter before last in my carport. With jackstands, various lifting mechanism, and home tools. I feel for you. I found that once I was loosened up, my 60 something muscles, back, and joint's felt okay--just had to keep working as long as I could and eat on the fly. Always surprising that I'm not as strong as I used to be. If you can take analgesics prior to starting, that helps loosen up the kinks from the previous day.

All four corners need to be on jackstands, or else the car will try to fall off. And as you said, getting it high enough requires ingenuity. To R&R an engine requires that the rear of the car needs to be at least 30 inches off the ground.

Air tools help alot, especially a good air impact. And specialized sockets. As I already own a decent compressor, loud! I also have had an HF air activated 12t bottle jack. And bought a nice new 2x10 or 12 board and cut it up into pads. A dozen or so pads are enough, 18 is even better. New lumber doesn't fall apart like older dried out stuff.

I did not raise that high so turning over underneath the car was a PIA but it got done. Took me about3-4 hours with a few well spaced breaks. The instructions from this site were spot on. I replaced the entire mount less the bracket. Did not want to deal with pressing etc. My oold mount showed cracks arouind the entire circumference of the mount and one side of the mount was actually sticking out further than the other. Fixed the problem and I am glad that I will not be doing again for awhile. Thanks for your comments.