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Old 06-29-2009, 08:05 PM
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Engine Mounts and Solid Tranny mounts

I talked to a guy a while back and he said that he had to grind some stuff down to get his solid trannys mounts in. I am wondering how many other people have these(any kind of mount). On the engine mounts how much of a pain in the ass are those to put in. Are they just bolt in or you have to fabricate anything. 08SS/TC
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they have to be pressed in. you shouldnt have to grind anything down
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Originally Posted by BLAZIN07SS
they have to be pressed in. you shouldnt have to grind anything down
The guy just said that he had to fab alittle. The tranny ones have to be pressed correct.
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it is a PITA and a little tricky to press them in but i wouldn't grind the edges down. and yes its the tranny mounts, the engine mount just bolts on
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Originally Posted by BLAZIN07SS
it is a PITA and a little tricky to press them in but i wouldn't grind the edges down. and yes its the tranny mounts, the engine mount just bolts on
Thats why i asked because i will get pissed while installing them if it doesnt go right. Any specifc tool to press them in with. Wouldnt taking that engine mount off and putting the new one in **** with the timing or that could be just me.
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Originally Posted by Mike08ss/tc
Thats why i asked because i will get pissed while installing them if it doesnt go right. Any specifc tool to press them in with. Wouldnt taking that engine mount off and putting the new one in **** with the timing or that could be just me.
umm...why on earth would this **** the timing????

you could pull the whole engine out of the car without screwing timing...
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you need a hydraulic press if you don't want to commit suicide. lol and no its just a mount. you will experience what is called "phantom knock" which is false knock when you go over hard bumps though because of the vibration
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if you have a new TC thats a heck of a car you should put OTTP rotated mounts in it that fixes hop and doesnt leave you with awful vibes. and yes if you lock up the mounts solid you risk the possiblity of vibration being picked up as a knock condition by the engine knock sensor. my .02c
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Originally Posted by BLAZIN07SS
you need a hydraulic press if you don't want to commit suicide. lol and no its just a mount. you will experience what is called "phantom knock" which is false knock when you go over hard bumps though because of the vibration
is this phantom knock going to hurt me in the long run or no.

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umm...why on earth would this **** the timing????

you could pull the whole engine out of the car without screwing timing...
sorry i had a brain fart when i wrote that.

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grease the inside of the mount and lay it on a workbench, shove in the mount as far as it will go at about a 45 degree angle, grab a big f'ing hammer (not a claw hammer...a real hammer) and hit that bitch on the top edge hard.... it'll pop right in.
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or, there is a how to on here on how to use a piece of wood and an old socket and a vise to slide them together...
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Just installed my solid poly tranny mounts and stage 3 clutch. I hate the tranny mounts my whole car vibrates like the dash is going to fall off when you turn the ac on. I guess from the idle change. it wasnt hard using a bearing press and some 5w-30 engine oil. You just press the old ones out from the outer ring trick is to find a circular pipe or something that fits around the tranny mount to allow the old one to pop out. then lube up the hole and tranny mount and press the new one in. i cleaned it with brake cleaner once i got it started to get rid of any oil on the mount.
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I layed mine on the floor and stepped on the mount and it went in.
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