Something major out of place underneath 82 300D
 

My son and I picked up an 82 300D as a project to do together, it has been hit in the front cowling on one side and was towed to where we bought it. I drove it far enough to get it on a rollback and into the barn.

We don't have a lot in it and it's a California car so it's not rusty so we decided to give it a go.

When I inspected the car, I noticed what is shown in the photos below and figured I would deal with it when I got it home and got the front end in the air and took the weight off of it. It's on the passenger side of the front end, you can see the passenger side of the oil pan as a reference in the lower of the two photos.

It's now blocked up and the front wheels are off so everything is unloaded as it is going to get.

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I"m not 100% sure but this appears to be a locating pin for the engine to the subframe or something of that sort. I have a huge pry bar my wife's grandfather made out of a solid steel driveshaft from some farm implement that can probably move this back into position but I'd rather know for sure exactly what I'm dealing with. I assume it's going to reenter with some force once it lines back up.

It may be smarter to use a 1 x 1 piece of wood and a dead blow instead of a 40lb steel shaft that's 5' long that could do some collateral damage.

Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks in advance.

Joe

it's part of the motor mount - it acts and looks like a mini shock absorber. It smooths out the shakes, and moderates the vibrations sent to the chassis.

Thanks. Do you vote pry bar or wood block and dead blow to reset it?

fwiw
 

it looks like the upper mounting bracket has given up. replacements are available here and elsewhere. i've been running without engine shocks for a bit while I save up for replacements. get more movement at start up and shut down, but otherwise runs the same

I got it back into place. There was too much load on it for it to move. Picked the engine up and floated it back in. Thanks for the input, the admins can delete this if they want.

I would take it as a clue that the engine was shifted when it was hit. When mine was hit in the front it thankfully tore the worn-out engine mounts rather than breaking something. But I would definitely give it a thorough exam.

-Rog

I feel the same way and plan on having a good look around.
Thanks

Yup, inertia shifted the motor and popped out the shock. Don't worry about it. Focus on getting the frame and fenders true. Set the motor back in place with new mounts and shocks... you are going to be shocked to find out what the shock mounts cost!