On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:08:24 -0600, Josh Battles <josh@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
>
> "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote in message
>>
>> So I was under my truck this afternoon swapping my forward O2 sensor and I
> noticed that the rubber isolators in my engine mounts seems quite
> compressed. To the point where I could see daylight under the mount. It's
> not to the point of metal-to-metal contact yet (about a quarter inch of
> rubber instead of what looks like it should be an inch?), but I've got to
> assume this isn't a good thing.
>>
>> Thoughts? I've got 114100 on the truck right now, how long would you
> expect motor mounts to last? When do you call them shot?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
>
> They sound pretty done to me, I'd replace them now as you have the time
> instead of waiting for them to break.
>
Yeah, they sound done to me too, but I'm really hoping I can get another couple thousand miles out of them. Time and money are the two things I have the least of right now. I just started working 12s instead of 10s. I don't see daylight except on lunch.
-- Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/> '98 Dakota SLT CC, 318/46RE/231, D44/Sterling 10.25, 4.10s, 35s on Humvee rims '84 RamCharger Royale SE, 360/727/208, stock, 3.21s, 32s
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