If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Lower motor mount replacement?
After the dealer got done fixing the A/C compressor and condenser in my
wife's 92 SL1, he suggested that both motor mounts probably ought to get replaced soon. I won't disagree - the top one (which I replaced 6 or 7 years ago) is visibly collapsed, and I'm willing to admit the bottom one is too. It was fairly painless to put the top one on before, and I don't see any problem with it. But how do I do the bottom mount? To tell you the truth, I'm not sure I've even seen it, even though I've replaced a lot of stuff under the hood. Is it under the transaxle, or in the middle of the car between the cradle and the engine? Is it something I need a real engine hoist for, or is it just another case of "jack up the engine"? If it involves the cradle, I'd like to do it at the same time I fix the oil pan gasket leak that I've had for the past half year or so. (But to do that I have to take off the exhaust manifold... I feel like the "swallowed a fly" song is taking over my car). Anyone have a suggestion for non-performance non-OEM motormounts? NAPA, Pep boys, JC Whitney, etc? The dealer wanted $170 for the top motor mount last time I asked, and that's a lot for a couple of pieces of steel and rubber. I swear it was like $40 7 or 8 years ago. Tim. |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
>It was fairly painless to put the top one on before, and I don't see
>any problem with it. But how do I do the bottom mount? To tell you >the truth, I'm not sure I've even seen it, even though I've replaced >a lot of stuff under the hood. Is it under the transaxle, or in the >middle of the car between the cradle and the engine? Is it something >I need a real engine hoist for, or is it just another case of "jack up >the engine"? Its not a bad job. You probably haven't seen it since you can't really see it from under the car(the cradle blocks it). Get access to it by pulling the passenger tire and the splash shields. Once the splash shields come off its right there in front of you. Put a jack with a block of wood under the oil pan to support the engine, and take the 2 bolts out of the mount. You will have to wriggle it around a little bit to get it out, and it will help to jack the engine up a little. I just did the job last night on my car actually. > >Anyone have a suggestion for non-performance non-OEM motormounts? >NAPA, Pep boys, JC Whitney, etc? The dealer wanted $170 for the top >motor mount last time I asked, and that's a lot for a couple of pieces of >steel and rubber. I swear it was like $40 7 or 8 years ago. The mount I put on the last time I did the job, I got at NAPA, and it was made by anchor. Looked like a piece of crap, and performed like a piece of crap(didn't last very long). So this time I went to AutoZone, and ended up with the same exact mount made by Anchor that is a piece of crap. I would suggest trying to get a mount that isn't made by Anchor. Jamie |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
In article >, bandit2941
@aol.comNHRA says... > >It was fairly painless to put the top one on before, and I don't see > >any problem with it. But how do I do the bottom mount? To tell you > >the truth, I'm not sure I've even seen it, even though I've replaced > >a lot of stuff under the hood. Is it under the transaxle, or in the > >middle of the car between the cradle and the engine? Is it something > >I need a real engine hoist for, or is it just another case of "jack up > >the engine"? > > Its not a bad job. You probably haven't seen it since you can't really see it > from under the car(the cradle blocks it). Get access to it by pulling the > passenger tire and the splash shields. Once the splash shields come off its > right there in front of you. Put a jack with a block of wood under the oil pan > to support the engine, and take the 2 bolts out of the mount. You will have to > wriggle it around a little bit to get it out, and it will help to jack the > engine up a little. I just did the job last night on my car actually. > > > > > >Anyone have a suggestion for non-performance non-OEM motormounts? > >NAPA, Pep boys, JC Whitney, etc? The dealer wanted $170 for the top > >motor mount last time I asked, and that's a lot for a couple of pieces of > >steel and rubber. I swear it was like $40 7 or 8 years ago. > > The mount I put on the last time I did the job, I got at NAPA, and it was made > by anchor. Looked like a piece of crap, and performed like a piece of > crap(didn't last very long). So this time I went to AutoZone, and ended up with > the same exact mount made by Anchor that is a piece of crap. I would suggest > trying to get a mount that isn't made by Anchor. > > Jamie > What a name brand! It gets its name not because it anchors your engine, it gets its name because its better as a boat anchor. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
>Oh, OK. I remember seeing something that obviously used to be rubber
>there when I did the tensioner, but didn't connect it with the fact that >it's a motor mount :-(. > >Seeing as how my oil pan gasket leak is right above it, and the oil can't >be good for the mount, maybe I ought to accelerate the oil pan gasket job >so I can then do the motor mounts. > >For some reason I always assumed the lower mount had to be on the driver's >side of the car. > >Thanks for the comments about the crappiness of that aftermarket motor >mount... maybe the Saturn ones aren't so bad after all. > I wouldn't be too worried about an oil leak hurting the motor mount....... You might check with Joey over at 6th planet, which is what I should have done when I just replaced this mount. He'll set you up with a good quality, can't even tell its been used factory piece for a good price. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
C5 problems (98 in particular) | radar | Corvette | 12 | January 3rd 05 10:04 PM |
A6 Recall (lower control arms) question | Bruce W. Ellis | Audi | 6 | December 17th 04 07:55 PM |
1997 Honda Civic: Axle and Lower Ball Joint Replacement Notes | Backpacker | Honda | 2 | November 18th 04 02:52 AM |
97 Civic HX Rear Lower Shock Bushing | Brian | Honda | 0 | October 28th 04 04:45 PM |