Slo5oh

I cant seem to squeeze any more room out of the motor by jacking it from the pan in order to get the poly mounts in. Any tricks or tips?

mjr46

grease'm up!! and rocket them in!!! no really...I've never had issues getting mine in...you may have to remove the oil filter and such to get one side in but as long as you got your old ones out you should be ale to wiggle new ones in

Slo5oh

yea thats what I was thinking. I shouldnt have taken the old ones out yesterday and put the new ones in today. i forget how I got the old ones out now. ugh. The passenger side looks damn near impossible to get in. I did have to use a hammer and pry bar to get the old ones out, finding a spot for leverage is tough. Any ears or weak pieces of metal on the block that I shouldnt use? Dont want to snap anything off the block. I was thinking of taking a rachet strap and attaching one end to the motor on one side and the other end over the manifold to the K member or frame on the other side and pulling it to one side to slide it in and the reverse for the other.

mjr46

I've never had to really pry..then again I do mine on a lift and use a screw jack to raise motor up..make sure the bellhousing is against firewall and as far up as you can go and not being limited by something caught inbetween.. just don't pry on freeze plugs

Slo5oh

I suppose I dont have the bellhousing up against the firewall. Ill have to check if there is anything obstructing it.

thanks for the freeze plug suggestion.[sm=smiley20.gif]

mjr46

no problem, just make sure what ever you are using to raise motor up ..that you have a block of wood on jack

Slo5oh

NO THANKS, I like to live dangerously


and now for something completely diffrent... If there were to be a pool of liquid ontop of the timing chain cover, approximately under the thermostat housing, that looks like it could/should be antifreeze, would you suppose its the thermo gasket or are the hoses in there known to be weak. Just wondering.

dillon1340

my driver side poly mount wouldnt go in so i disassembled it and put it in one piece at a time and that worked fine.