[Shotimes] Instruction On Reinforcing Motor Mounts

[Leigh Smith]

Frank;
Not hard really. The front mount is the one that takes all the abuse on 
power. On the front mount, there is a "safety catch" rod going thru the 
mount. (Keeps the manifold from putting dents in the hood). Problem is 
the original rod has 1 inch of movement before it bottoms out, and the 
rubber tears loose from the mount first. Its maybe 1/4 inch dia. Grind 
off the end, bang it out, drill out the hole, and replace it  with a 6 
in (?) long 1/2 in dia bolt. Then add washers, brass sleeves, plumbing 
pipe, extra nuts, whatever you can find in the hardware store to 
increase the diameter of this bolt to near 1 inch. Make sure you leave 
some room between this bolt with its spacers, and the bottom part of the 
mount. 1/8 - 1/4 in should be plenty.  You do not want it completely 
solid or you will get nasty buzzing & vibration. BTDT. It will bottom 
out when you hit the throttle.  Back mount is similar, but would only 
bottom out on hard downshifts. And why bother with the trans one? It 
just holds things up.
Maybe $5 in hardware.
I've heard of others removing the little vibration shock absorbers on 
each side of the engine, or replacing them with clevis bolts. I  
wouldn't recommend either, their mounting brackets are not that strong. 
Just leave them alone, unless you like slop, clunks or vibration.

I suspect your current mount is torn. That would cause engine 
oscillation and break tires loose on the power. You could try patching 
up the old one as mentioned above. But if it is ripped completely, I'd 
buy a new one. It is too much work to get it out to wind up being not 
happy with it and doing it a second time.

My .02

Leigh


Frank Costa wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I was wondering if anyone had a set of instructions on reindforcing the motor
>mounts? I want them to be as close to solid as they can possibly be, My torque
>steer is nasty and when i sit at idle with hood up and throttle the engine, i
>see my engine move a lot more than i want it to.
>
>I dont want it to move. I want the power to be completely controlled.
>
>Anyone can help me out? If anyone know how to do it, let me know, when i do it
>i can go ahead and take pictures and make a write up.
>
>THANKS EVERYONE
>
>BTW, i fixed my electrical problem
>
>
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