Re: Water pump/Engine mount

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/3/25 14:41:06
You've encountered a well-known and frequently encountered situation, yes - the motor mount has sagged, hindering access to the lower bolts. Several ways to tackle it, an engine hoist is one but certainly isn't needed and probably the least-convenient way to do it. There are several ways to approach it, one is that you can put a large flat block of wood under the oil pan as far forward as you can get and with a jack take off just a bit of load, perhaps 1/2 inch, and support the weight. Remove the center engine mount bolts, and then loosen the two large ones holding the mount frame or yoke to the crossmember. Then just push the mount yoke forward (or just remove it) to provide access.

Take a quick look to see if there is anything else that might interfere with the front of engine rising that small amount; in one case I was involved with (1941 senior), it was also necessary to loosen or remove an exhaust header to frame clamp to allow the jack to take the weight off the front rubber mount.

I've also done that job by putting a jack under the vibration damper to just raise the engine 1/2 inch or so. It probably isn't the best way as the vibration damper external ring is rubber-mounted to the hub. That said, it has worked for me several times.

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