Re: Engine Mounts (still!)

From: Bill White (b1llyw@att.net)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2008 - 08:56:56 EDT


Sonic welder?

Bill White

--- Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@comcast.net> wrote:

>
> I would like to see pictures of Tom trying to weld
> polyurethane...
>
>
> Terrible Tom wrote:
> >
> > Don Rey wrote:
> >
> >> Westar makes what looks like the correct LH
> (driver's side) mount,
> >> available at autopartswarehouse.com
> (http://tinyurl.com/6hvyhk).
> >> What's interesting is it has the same part number
> suffix that the
> >> passenger side NAPA part has - 2944. Does NAPA
> list it as the LH
> >> mount? Autozone has one with the same part number
> suffix they list as
> >> LH, but the picture is clearly the RH mount. And
> I went through this
> >> screwup with RockAuto already - and now I think I
> understand. For 89,
> >> they list an LH mount... which I bought initially
> (even though the
> >> picture shows a RH mount)... what they shipped
> was a RH Gen2 mount.
> >>
> >> Ugh. What would it take to rehab my existing
> mount? I molded plastics
> >> in my high school tech classes... replacing the
> rubber with
> >> polyurethane should be that simple.
> >
> >
> > Wouldnt be too hard now that I think about it -
> you could get some poly
> > cab mounts from whatever application and shave and
> cut them as
> > necessary. Gut the old mount... install the new
> custom sliced poly
> > bushing... put the center sleeve in the middle,
> and use a 1/4 inch thick
> > "washer" or soemthing, to keep the bushing in...
> run a bead of weld
> > around the rim to hold it all in.
> >
> > If thats not really clear I could illustrate my
> hair brained idea if you
> > like...
> >
> >
> >
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