motor mount replacement

[johnboy914]

Can you do this without yanking the motor?

[WOODPIE]

Yes, I think so.

Put a jack under the engine and support it. Remove the shift bar. Now, with the engine supported you can undo the bolts holding the engine support cross bar at either side, and drop the bar. Replace the mounts in the bar, then replace the bar to its original position. It might be a tight squeeze to tighten the nuts onto the motor mounts at the engine flanges. Someone else with a more recent experience doing this could help you more. I did it five or six years ago, and I'm possibly forgetting some details.

Ed

[HMeeder]

Are we talking 2.0 or 1.7. What year? There were 2 different mount bars. On the early cars (with a tailshifter) the rubber mounts are outboard at the ends and on the later cars (sideshifter) the mounts are inboard.

I found this litle anomoly when converting my tailshifter to a side shifter. The mounts for the later cars are different from the mounts for the earlier ones (in fact the early mounts are identical to the tranny mounts) In both cases it is quite possible to accomplish this without motor removal. I swapped transmissions, mounts and mounting bars and shifter assemblies with the motor still in the car.

Ed pretty much describes what must be done, but if it is an early car you don't need to remove the bar at all. Just loosen the ends, jack the motor up a bit and you can get at the monts on the ends. Replace both of them at the same time.

Good luck!

[johnboy914]

early car, late motoranny.

It looks like it can be done, but it doesn't look fun.

thanks

[BenI]

Tack-on question:

Is this a good time to do any other jobs like oil cooler seal replacement? Anything else to check with the motor mount removed?

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Oh, it's tons of fun!

The nut on top of the rubber mount is "fun" to get to. I think I wound up removing my oil filter so I could get a 1/4" drive ratchet on there. I could only get 1 or 2 "clicks" at a time out of each swing of the ratchet, too. Running the nut down as far as you can with your fingertips is a good idea...

I dunno about the seals, but probably a good cleanup and inspection in the area is also a good idea.

--DD

[Dave Bell]

Many moons ago, when I was dumber... (When I bought my first 914)... First thing I did was change the motor mounts...I actually changed them without removing or loosening the shift linkage! In hindsight I am not sure whether to be ashamed or proud.

Definately doable without removing the motor..... A whole lot easier when you take out the shift bar.

- Dave

[johnboy914]

Ah yes Dave, that is exactly the kind of fun I was hoping for. The kind of stuff where you have to hold your mouth just right to get purchase on a nut or bolt without installing another elbow mid forearm.

Removing the filter looks like a must.