DIY - Motor Mount Installation

[Axxe]

There should be a disclaimer - he did it with the exhaust off the car - it gets in the way a TON on the pass. side. No way you'll get the impact wrench in like he shows that easily.

YMMV

Swivel head ratchet wrenches FTW.

[Dave]

There should be a disclaimer - he did it with the exhaust off the car - it gets in the way a TON on the pass. side. No way you'll get the impact wrench in like he shows that easily.

YMMV

[StereoInstaller1]

Oh great...just the same night as I do mine, someone makes a terrific post of it.

Nice write-up!

Luke

[Dave]

I used a chunk of a 2x12 on the pan and just jacked it up. When you cover the whole pan, it distriubutes the weight evenly enough that it's safe to jack up. I think this is the easiest method.

Yeah - I used a piece of wood with my jack to hold the engine in place when I dropped the subframe when doing front end work.

[KenC]

I used a chunk of a 2x12 on the pan and just jacked it up. When you cover the whole pan, it distriubutes the weight evenly enough that it's safe to jack up. I think this is the easiest method.

[delatlanta1281]

I found it rather easy to jack the engine up with a 2x4 in between the jack and the pan. I then replaced my tranny mounts the same way.

[Dave]

More bolts to line up.

I did it by jacking the engine up. As long as you're careful it's a pretty easy job.

Just by the oil pan or did you construct a Rube Goldberg looking thing like Ritalin Kid here?

[arsevader]

I am doing this tonight - I was going to drop the subframe and support the engine with the jack rather than jack the engine up. Any reason NOT to do it this way?

More bolts to line up.

I did it by jacking the engine up. As long as you're careful it's a pretty easy job.

[Dave]

I am doing this tonight - I was going to drop the subframe and support the engine with the jack rather than jack the engine up. Any reason NOT to do it this way?

[benDASHDASH]

good write-up.

[RobertK]

You jacked up your car on the oil pan? :crazy:

No no, we did that just to move the engine but of course as you can tell we eventually had to find a way to jack the engine up evenly.

It's not hard at all, just a bit PITA with the transmission in (can't lift the front of the motor enough). I found that unbolting one side of the subframe and wedging a 2x4 in for clearance made the operation much easier.

True, though the last time I messed with unbolting a subframe in a BMW it took an ungodly amount of torq to break the bolts loose. Around 130lbs

way to go on the write up. I think we need more!

I'm workin' on it.

[Jarvis]

You jacked up your car on the oil pan? :crazy:

The car is already on jackstands. To get the engine high enough to get the motor mounts in/out, people generally just jack up the engine via the oil pan using a block of wood. It seems like common practice to me.

[Jand3rson]

You jacked up your car on the oil pan? :crazy:

[turnofftheradio]

way to go on the write up. I think we need more!

[tommyboy]

I didn't have any problem with the clearance of IE mounts, lucky I guess.

The urethane tranny mounts added a TON of driveline noise, hardly sounds like an m20 anymore.