55 Fargo Posted October 30, 2010 Report Posted October 30, 2010 Hiall, orderweda few things from Roberts yesterday, 1 being new rear motor mounts. The mounts on my engine, are pretty mushy, I plan to swap the new ones in ASAP, and will use new grade 8 bolts/nuts. Have any of you recently changed rear motr mounts, and what difference did it make on vibration, sound or anything?..............Thanx Fred Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 Rockwood, I changed mine about a year ago. I thought the vibration I was having were the mounts. It wasen't they were just not tight. I replaced them anyway seeing that I had removed the front floor to do it. (in the 1940 model the front floor toe board can be removed in 5 min,) I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID OF OVER TIGHTENING THEM ) I thought that you can crush them causing premature wear. Ower cars have what they call a floating something or other that makes it's operation very smooth. When you have everything bolted down right these cars have a great ride good luck with it. can you remove your floor as well? Quote
55 Fargo Posted October 31, 2010 Author Report Posted October 31, 2010 Rockwood, I changed mine about a year ago. I thought the vibration I was having were the mounts. It wasen't they were just not tight. I replaced them anyway seeing that I had removed the front floor to do it. (in the 1940 model the front floor toe board can be removed in 5 min,) I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID OF OVER TIGHTENING THEM ) I thought that you can crush them causing premature wear. Ower cars have what they call a floating something or other that makes it's operation very smooth. When you have everything bolted down right these cars have a great ride good luck with it. can you remove your floor as well? Hi Rodney mine are tight, and very worn out, I will replace them when they arrive, and am not going to remove the floor panel, seems to be plenty of clearance without having to do that. I hope it turns out well, I do not have vibration, a slight vibration on take off sometime, my clutch is new, the flywheel machined,and no oil is leaking in there, just figure new mounts are in order........... Quote
Robert Horne Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 The rubber mounts on my 38 were very hard and brittle. I used rubber from a boat trailer to make new engine mounts. They look very close to original, and let the engine move a little. Quote
garbagestate 44 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 When you get the new mounts installed, You may have to adjust your shift linkage depending on how squished your old mounts are. Good luck Quote
fedoragent Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 I'm very glad that you brought this up as I need to do this soon. FG. Quote
carls 49 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 did mine when the emergency brake didn't work. found out the eng had sat down on the cable. Quote
55 Fargo Posted October 31, 2010 Author Report Posted October 31, 2010 did mine when the emergency brake didn't work. found out the eng had sat down on the cable. How do like this story, 3 years ago a rear freeze plug blows out, it was brass, but not seated. I pull trans, and support engine, pull flywheel, and then clutch housing, I saw the motor mounts were terrible, but did not buy new ones, should have been done right there and then.........Fred Quote
55 Fargo Posted October 31, 2010 Author Report Posted October 31, 2010 Here is a pic of the rear right engine mount, there is a crack on the side of it, not sure if it is right through or not. Quote
carls 49 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Posted October 31, 2010 i think is time. better safe than sorry. Quote
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