Hey Chamberlin

Where did you purchase your mounts from? That is the cheapest I have seen them?

 

read the first paragraph of the first post

 

went to a mechanic today to get some exhaust repairs done and they told me that i have bad motor mounts. they noticed it right away cause they said my idle vibrates too much. all this time i thought it was normal...u guys think its worth replacing it right away?

 

being that there was an official TSB for this problem, I would say yea, go ahead and change them.... the exhaust on the right side heats up th rubber too much and destroys them faster than normal. New version has better materials and a heat shield.

 

thanks, good to have someone confirm it

 

i was able to get both of my motor mounts for 80 with shipping from ebay. Im going to tackle this task this weekend. Im going to be using the jack stand + piece of wood to raise the engine up.

 

I can only find the 2 motor mounts on Ebay. What about the third?

 

this is what my right motor mount looked like. When your car starts to shake alot at idle this might be why.

 

I know i will probably get **** for this but I have been looking on ebay and other online sites for this mounts and the cheapest I've gotten is 130 each. How did u guys get both for 80? can anyone shoot me a link? I've looked for days guys.
Thanks

 

just gotta be lucky sometimes, also it would help if you told us if its for a at or mt.

 

oh yeah my bad
its a MT.

 

your best bet would be to check with mazmart they could get you new oem ones for a deal. Pm someone from mazmart.

 

i am doing polyurethane MM--they do make a difference.
OD

 

Can someone explain in further detail about this method of lifting engine? Anybody have any pictures of the process ? Need to replace my mounts and don't have engine lift. Thanks.

 

Just did mine today. It took about 1 hour and 15 minutes using simple hand tools, jackstands, and a hydraulic jack with wooden blocks. I even torqued down all nuts, bolts, and lug nuts. The TSB states labor for replacement is an hour but dealers charge 2.5 hours and they have all the lifts and power tools to make life a heck of a lot easier. They don't even have to take off the wheels because they do the work from underneath the car. What a rip off!!!

 

Im having the same Issue..im about to replace my engine mounts without a cherry picker..

just going to use jack/peice of wood method... any suggestions or tips?

 

Don't drop the car on your head.

 

I was attempting this today. I got all three bolts/nuts off the drivers side mount, but the pass side, i can't get off the nut toward the front. top bolt and rear came of like a breeze. I'm damn near stripping it trying to get the socket to stay on. Any tips? other than tapping a small on, I've tried. and I PB'd the hell out if. Thanks in advance.

 

Have you, or can you try using a longer wrench? That few inches of mechanical advantage can make a huge difference. Idk, maybe you're already using a breaker bar(?)

 

cant get the breaker bar in there. I tried doing it from above, I have a long extension, and I easily got to the nut by running the ext. between the wiper fluid res. and the air pump. Downside is the ext is only 3/8 inch, so i almost broke it. I'm gonna try to pick up a 1/2 incher tomarrow, I soaked it in PB, hoping that overnight might help a little. My biggest concern, is why all of the driver's side came off without any real effort (obviously some muscle, but thats it), but just this one nut is so torqued on. I'm beginning to wonder if it twisted. Can't really tell the condition of the mount yet, but I'm thinking if it did crack, would it torque enough to give me this problem? Maybe I'm just overthinking it, and it just needs a good breaking-free. Such is my life with this car...shame I love it so much, or I'd stop caring. lol

 

I might be way off here, but I just did a midpipe swap and there are three bolts that do not turn. You have to get at them from the other side. Maybe you're trying to turn nuts that are just there to hold another bolt (?)

 

i was thinking about that too, but im pretty sure the bolt is welded, i'm checking again to be sure. thanks for the tip.

 

Has anyone tried the drop engineering polyurethane inserts? im interested on how these would feel on the 8.

 

i replaced my Mounts No Problem, easy as pie...without the Cherry Picker/hoist.....all i used was a jack with a peice of Wood =D

 

Pics for this DIY would be greatly appreciated.
Planning on this this on my own next time~