3rd gen motor mounts, WOW!

[Msaone]

Finally pulled my sons engine tonight. Motor mounts were shot so I thought I'd take thirty seconds and change them.

Man was I wrong.

What a pain. Bent my box wrench and got it in the drivers side, no problem. The pass side was insane.

Got everything back together except the washers. Those mounts make the trans bolts seem easy.

[jakes_GSXR]

Hahahaha oh how Gregs_gsxr and I know...

[Curt_irocz]

Yeah with out a lift, extensions, swival sockets and a impact, they are pretty bad.

[Msaone]

Yeah with out a lift, extensions, swival sockets and a impact, they are pretty bad.

Did it with a combination wrench and a "custom" bent box wrench while my kid worked the top with a ratchet while listening to me invent new curse words.

[SOPES]

Oh yeah, I was gonna replace the mounts on my el camino I built a few years ago and decided after already buying the new mounts that the old ones were just fine lol

[Msaone]

These were shot. You could move the rubber around by hand.

[Msaone]

Think I scored some dad points. I let my son give it a try, he could not believe I got the wrench up there.

[WMCCjames]

Haha....Been down that road...sucks.

[TrickyTransAm]

Just for informational purposes... What's the issue with changing the mounts?
Access?
Clearance?
Frozen bolts?
Blind bolts/holes?

[WMCCjames]

Access is a mother! I ended up making some custom wrenches.

[landstuhltaylor]

Just for informational purposes... What's the issue with changing the mounts?
Access?
Clearance?
Frozen bolts?
Blind bolts/holes?

Just from looking at 4th gens I imagine the answer is all of the above.

[Msaone]

Just for informational purposes... What's the issue with changing the mounts?
Access?
Clearance?
Frozen bolts?
Blind bolts/holes?

access and clearance. Very tight.

[Gregs_gsxr]

it would have been best if the GM had welded the nuts on the back side...gotta remove the spring to get the best access.

[Msaone]

Thats what I'd assumed they would have done.

Id love to watch an engineer work in his own car.

[Gregs_gsxr]

im pretty good at it by now, done each side about 3 or 4 times on 2 different 3rd gens in the last two weeks, none of which have been my own car