Does anyone leave their dp on when changing engine mounts?

[georryan]

Or is it pretty standard to disconnect it? I'm just wondering how high I'm going to need to raise the engine.

[BAC5.2]

Looking at my new mounts, it looks like you've got to lift it about 2 to 3" to clear the bolts.

[IronMonkeyL255]

There is some flex in the system, but I would undo it just to be on the safe side.

[petridish38]

You must disconnect it from the heads, but after that you can let it hang or support it with a jack.

Andrew

[georryan]

Disconnect it from the heads?? Are you referring to the uppipe?

Well i left it connected and changed my mounts. The engine mounts are a pain in the rear to change, but it is done.

My origional driver's side engine mount came out in two peices and empty of fluid.

[THAWA]

I think he was thinking about an na's system

[legacy92ej22t]

Sweet! Did it fix your problem with the DP?

Did your engine move around a lot at idle before you swapped them and if so how is it now?

[petridish38]

I think he was thinking about an na's system

Yes... I believe that was what I was thinking

Andrew

[georryan]

well it fixed it and didn't fix it. After changing the tranny mount, the play in the exhaust and tranny was almost all the way gone. TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENCE. HOLY COW i had no idea. That tranny origionally was like sitting on mud for mounts. It moved all over, now I can't budge it.

The downside is that it then pushed up the dp to touching the farthest rear crossmember. Even when I pulled it as close to the tranny as possable it still touched.

So then I went to work on the engine mounts. Pain in the rear, but I got them done. The driver's side oem mount came out in two pieces hahaha. I should have Thawa take shots of it while I still have it.

After putting them in, the dp came down slightly but not a lot. It now it a few millimeters off of hte farthest rear crossmember and only bangs once in a while. Very rarely. I can sometimes tell it is barely touching when I decellerate as it makes a slight vibration feeling at times. (similar to plucking a string on a guitar and barely touching it with a pick or your finger).

I talked to a mechanic and he said to pull the mount bolts so that they are loose, pull hte pitch mount bolt, and then try and manhandle the engine/tranny around to make sure it is sitting solid and that might move things around a bit. I tried it but I can't bugde it.

So I may pay him some cash to play with it. If that doesn't work I may just grind down the spot on the crossmember were it would most likely touch. I won't need to grind a lot, because that exhaust doesn't hardly move at all, but with only a few millimeters of clearence, it would make me feel a lot better.

[THAWA]

So then I went to work on the engine mounts. Pain in the rear, but I got them done. The driver's side oem mount came out in two pieces hahaha. I should have Thawa take shots of it while I still have it.

Remind me next time we meet

How does the car feel now though. Can you tell a difference in shifting or anything or idling?

[georryan]

Most definately. Without any doubt in my mind, it makes the car feel a whole lot more sturdy. A lot of the slop I didn't realize was there is gone. All I can say is it feels to me like I've taken a duffle bag and instead of just having a few things in there, I've added stuff to make everything fit just right and keep the brakable stuff from moving around.

For instance, shifting is loads smoother. I was still getting syncho issues occasionally in 2-3 and 3-4 so I decided to change my royal purple oil out and put in the dyno oil again. All I could find that wasn't synthetic was valvoline. So if anyone knows of anything better, let me know. I still get a bit of a grind from 3-4 occasionally, but that's it.

Also, you know how our cars sometimes lope at idle after a hard drive? The rpms will drop a bit; well, when that used to happen the car would shake a bit and I'd see the shift knob bounce back and forth. Now when it does that it is a much more contained feeling. The shift knob is pretty still, as well. You still feel it, but it isn't as dramatic. Driving feels nicer as well. I'm not sure why, I can't really explain that entirely, maybe it's in my head.

Shifting is smooth and less knotchy than it used to be, as well.