Well I FINALLY got the mounts in. Been sitting on em with little time to install. But with the nice weather today, I took the time to get them done.
Remove both 8mm bolts first. Very easy to get to since there is an opening in the cross member. Once these are off, get the engine lifted up. Remove the fan shroud clips. They just pull up. Then I placed some soft wood between the oil pan and a jack. Slowly lift things up. You just want to make some room for a socket wrench and an alan socket piece.
The passenger side was easiest by far. Both the 6mm bolts came out with room to work.
The driver side was a pain. I had to loosen the mount bracket on the engine. Just did three bolts and tilted it toward the front (left front lower in place). Then I could get the inboard 6mm bolt out. After that I had to turn the mount in order to make room for the socket wrench to move. Installation was not easy since to tighten that outboard bolt it had to be in proper position.
It helps to remove the small nuts on the engine shock absorbers. I cleaned them up and washed the bushings while I had them off. Looks like they are very easy to replace. With them disconnected it makes it a little easier to life the engine up. But they do not get in the way at all.
Both of mine were split. Originally I thought of buying just one. I had wrongly assumed that just the driver side would be broke. As is typical with most V8s since its the side that gets pulled up. But I am glad I bought two. They were inexpensive and both looked like crap. I think the only thing keep the engine in check were the shock absorbers.
Total work time was about 3 hours. Mostly because I was putzing around on other things while under there.
11-10-2010, 09:21 PM
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