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Re: hard to replace motor mts
Posted by JohnK (more from JohnK) on Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:48:45
In Reply to: hard to replace motor mts, JoeM, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:17:38
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As Rob said, the front and passenger side are relatively easy and luckily are the ones that go bad most often. You can use a small scissor/bottle jack to boost the engine an inch or two. Front is straightforward and is easier if you remove pass side fan.
Passenger side mount is a bit harder. It's collapsed when there is no space between the mount and the bracket. Do it when the front mount is out so that you can jack the engine enough so the mount stud can clear the bracket. Be careful that you don't mess up the trans linkage by over jacking the engine, i.e. just enough to clear the stud.
The driver side is nasty, but can be done in the car in a half day. You have to move A/C compressor out of the way(leave hoses attached) and remove the alternator and oil filter, to get at the big horizontal mount bolt and the mount itself. I have only done one of these, but found it easier to remove the whole mount plate from the block and again the lower bracket bolts from the wheel well. When everything was out, I put in new alternator bushes, a water pump, harmonic balancer, crank seal, oil pump seal, belts. I think the mount itself was OK after all. oh well!
See the townsendimports.com tech documents for info on A/C compressor, alternator and front mount removal.
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