Motor Mounts Got Done

[Bruce Allert]

Do ya think these were broke for a long time?
The back end of the car felt like it would come off the ground if I took off hard from a dead stop. Then, there was also a suttle rocking of the gear shift giving throttle & letting off. I figured it had to be so away they went bye bye....
bruce

[chrisreale]

So, how does it feel now? Like night and day?

[Loan Dog]

Hey Bruce, c'mon, a little Armor All, and they'll be good as new!

Then you can put em' on Ebay and someone wiil HAVE to have em'!

Don

[maf 914]

Wow, those mounts are shot. Are you doing this with the engine in the car? If so, how do you reach the nuts that hold the mounts to the engine? I'm replacing mine but I have the engine out at the moment. The old mounts on my car are the originals, but they are still in one piece.

Mike

[Bruce Allert]

Chris, I haven't gotten it off the ramps yet. Need to change the oil. Since I had to remove the oil filter I figured I'd change the oil. Like Zeke says, "It's funny how an oil change can make a car run better!"

Don, Armor All would prolly do the trick. I'd have to beat the ebayers off with a bat there'd be so many scramblin' to get at them babies!!!

Mike, yup, the engine was in. Not too hard either. I just dropped the left side of the engine bar. Disconnected the tranny linkage that goes through the bar so the bar could hang farther down and loosened the passenger side of the bar. You need a short handled ratchet (no more than 8") to get above the nuts for the bar and the mounts.... there's room but not much (2 -4 clicks amount of room!). Once the bar is down & the old mounts are out slinde the new mounts into the engine flanges & tighten them. When you go to put the engine bar back up in place the long bolt part of the mount won't line up with the holes in the bar because of the angle it is hanging at. Since the mounts are made of rubber you can bend the passenger side mount to line up with the hole in the bar & slide it up until the drivers side reaches the bar & then do the same with it. Put a nut on one of them to hold it up there. I had to put a jack under the drivers side of the bar to get it up high enough so I could start the nut that holds the bar in place. Connect the tranny linkage and yer off!!!
Make sure you block the engine before you do all this though.
With the engine out just stick them in now Have fun!
bruce

[Kevin Powers]

damn, another item i forgot to get when i ordered. from pelican.i'm going to get them before i put the 2.0 back in the car.