560SL motor mounts

[BobK]

Well, after carefull checking, it looks like a failed motor mount was the cause of the radiator failure at the autocross on Tuesday. Got the radiator replaced at the dealer and drove home carefully so I could check things out on my own. Left mount is completely shot. Engine moves around several inches. Parts are on the way (thanks Tom). Did a search, but could not find any tips for this car. Anybody have any suggestions/tips on changing motor mounts on this car? I'm going to do front sub-frame mounts while I'm in there. The back two of the four are looking bad. I was thinking it might not be a bad job to replace everything on one side at a time. Anyone have any experiences with this job they want to share?
Thanks
BobK
PS: I really feel bad about soaking the course

[DavidSoine]

This was one of the first things I did to our car. The job really goes well...make sure if you jack up the engine that you have everything unhooked/out of the way...like the rad shroud, etc. Might as well do the engine shocks and mounts while you're at it.

What about the trans mount?

best,

Dave

[BobK]

Previous owner had transmission rebuilt and they replaced rear mount at that time. Whole job looks very tight from the top. I hope it will be easier from the bottom.

[DavidSoine]

I had to recruit a helper for the left side. Tough access with the steering box there.

-ds