Hmmm... I guess I made the assumption the mount brackets were the same
width. Damn.
Your pictures show exactly my problem.
I can't remember specifically, but I must have re-used the existing V6
premag mounts. Mind you, they were already 250,000 miles old... so it
wasn't necessarily the heavier, torquier engine that was their
downfall... or my "unnatural" driving. Heh...
Tom, where did you get your replacement premag mounts?
On 6/24/08, Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Did you re-use your original V6 Premag motor mounts when you did the V8 swap
> Don? What year did you specify when you ordered the new mounts? I ran into
> this problem with Christine - heh...
>
> Gen II mounts are thicker - to accomidate the extra weight of the V8. The
> mount brackets for the Gen I are narrower. So while the mounts look almost
> identical - they wont fit
>
> http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/stuff/mounts1.jpg
>
> http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/stuff/mounts2.jpg
>
> http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/stuff/mounts3.jpg
>
> Dirty one on the left is the passenger side original 1989 mount - clean one
> on the left was the 1995 stock replacement.
>
> I didn't feel like cutting off the stock mounts and welding wider brackets
> on, so all I did was just buy new 1989 Gen I mounts. Thats the easier way
> to go. Unfortunatly I have not had the truck on the road enough to know of
> the stock mounts will hold up - obviously yours didnt but that was due to
> un-natural driving circumstances :)
>
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