Engine mount any ideas?

[shorty92]

Hey guys i put aftermarket engine mount in my shorty and to be honest they did not last very long im now puting genuine one's in i have done the passenger side ages ago but im not looking forward to the drivers side it looks a bit tight any ideas on the best way to tackle it last time i had the intake manifold off cause the carby was getting serviced but i dont really want to go there again but i will if i have too can it be done i have the 4 bolt ones unfortunatley

any info would be much appreciated

cheers paul

[shakes]

find a 12 year old asian kid with 3 elbows and 2 wrists. and pay him $3ph

seriously... an engine crane, pull the motor right up and attack it that way with a lot of swearing and a couple of beers

Simon

[shorty92]

Ha ha silly me why didnt i think of that. i ended up taking the fuel pump off and the alternator. jacked it up from the gear box and it all went in pretty easy took me about 3 hrs all up i also took my cross member spacers out only 20mm but gees they put some stress on the mounts i might think of another way to fix vibrations.

cheers paul

[eighty8]

I put after market ones in about a year ago and look like the're gone already.
How much are the genuine mounts?.

[GOT MUD]

ok im curious what engine mount takes 3 hours to do

[HeathGQ]

my brother (mechanic) has lined up engine and gearbox mounts for $180 - not sure if AM or OE though - mines diesel, if that makes an diff

[MyGQ]

I put 2 brand new engine mounts in (After market) in my TB42 at the time, both had gone, we jacked the motor up using a bottle jack and the diff (7" Lift helped) well the side with the extractors on took 2 hours to do. the side with the fuel pump took 20 mins to do, go figure.

the exhaust side we could get at with rattle guns and all, it took us like 1 1/2 hours the line the damm f**ker up. the other side, hardest part was getting to the bolt, after that, straight in and go. though after like 2 4x4 trips the exhaust side was dead again