Engine mounts

[dalecan]

As I’m doing a bunch of winter maintenance on the chim I noticed cracking in the drivers side engine mount. So I decided to change them both as it’s likely they are original. There’s no mention of them being done in any of the service docs I have.
Glad I changed them as the drivers side was complete separated from the metal. The passenger side still looked great.
What a bh of a job though!

[Polly Grigora]

Nice

[Daryl357]

Oh dear I plan on doing this soon. What made it such a chore?

[dalecan]

There’s not much clearance for the studs to come out. A few people remove the bracket as well, but I didn’t. In hindsight maybe I should’ve. I used an engine hoist and when I lifted the engine and removed both mounts the engine rotated and the starter motor shorted on the chassis. Just be careful of that.

[Sardonicus]

Slacken all the mount studs (not mount brackets to block bolts) then change one at a time by tilting side your replacing, must have changed half a dozen sets from poly to OE style like this never any issues , tight clearance yes but all easy enough