Tom
Can you swap out the old hard parts that fit for the new ones that don't,
and still use the new rubber?
"Terrible Tom" <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote in message
news:<g3r129$ej1$1@bent.twistedbits.net>...
>
> Don Rey wrote:
>
> > These things are a pain in my $$$. My hands and arms are thoroughly
> > stained from this job and the under-engine grime and oil. My
> > co-workers ask what I've been up to (they're not phased by my
> > oil-stained hands... that's typical... but they do ask what my
> > latest project is). When I tell them motor mounts, they say "on that
> > old thing!? is it worth it? just get a new truck!"
> >
> > they just don't understand.
> >
> > Ok so the problem now is that the new motor mounts are much wider
> > than the old ones and definitely don't fit into the bracket on the
> > frame as-is. They *are* the right mounts, however. The inner sleeve
> > (for the
> > thru-bolt) is almost a half inch too long and the isolator is also too
> > thick. Even the outer sleeve will be a tight fit requiring some
> > coersion from my BFH. So I have two options. 1) bend out the brackets
> > on the frame. 2) grind down the inner sleeve and some of the isolator.
> >
> > Seems modifying the mount a bit is my best option. I don't want to
> > comprimise the strength of the bracket welded on the frame.
> >
> > Thoughts??? Has nobody done this before?? Obviously the FSM/Haynes
> > writers haven't. "Installation is the reverse of removal" jerks.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> 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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