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Please forgive my asking this question. I have replacement front motor mounts for my 352 V8 and am having trouble finding the way to proceed. They look, at first inspection, very difficult to remove (many obstacles blocking access). Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

Have you crawled underneath or put the car on a lift to examine? I did mine from underneath, not really much of a job as I recall. You'll need a jack to take the engine weight off the mounts and lift it slightly.

Replace the V8 motor mounts ONE SIDE at a time. AS Owen indicates u wil have to jack the engine up alittle bit to get the new one in. Mite have to loosen the exhaust brackets all the way back to the mufflers a little bit. IIRC the transmission oil lines cause some interference but just remove bolt from bracket and carefully force the lines one way or the other to get clearence.

IT's mostly just alot of aggrevation at jockying the mounts in and out around the obstacles especialy the rite (passenger) side..

can i ask where you got them and as to the quality of them as well?

thanks,

Hank

Before u install the mounts. MEasure the thickness of the rubber between the upper and lower steel plates of the mount + or - 1/32 inch please.

Be sure to disconnect battery cable at battery. I would start with the left side first. But loosen (do not remove) the bolts in the rite side too. That will allow the engine to tilt a little easier toward the rite side of the car as the left mount is changed. Jack the engine favouring the left side of the car when changinf left mount and jack it favouring rite side of car when changing rite mount.

Only source of brand-new front V8 mounts I know of is Kanters; they had them remanufactured perhaps 5 years ago. Quality was excellent, indistinguishable from the originals.

Mite want to remove distributor cap and rotor. Open hood or propped open a little bit. The front most motor mount bolts remove from leaning over the grill.

there are some new ones on ebay for 99. just wondering if he got them there.

Hank

Keep a block of wood wedged between engine and frame or crossmember or something as a saftey precaution.