What you find in old cars motor mounts

[Labrauer]

I finally got to the motor mounts on the 48 Plymouth and you will not believe what I found. On the passangers back mount was a piece of rubber about 2" by 2" and 1/2" thick for the top and a piece of 1" PVC pipe for the bottom with a large washer before the nut. On the drivers side was only the top mount and only a large washer on the bottom. I moved to the front mount and found that it wasn't even connected to the piece of metal for it. It seems that the bottom bolts where cut off and the mount was only connected to the engine it's self. It is a wonder the engine didn't fall out of the car what a supprise this was. Oh well I got it fixed right but had to get some longer bolts for the back mounts. Next I will tackle the wiring on the car like I said in the last post. I hope these pics of the motor mounts that came out of the car comes out cause I still have trouble attaching pics on here.

Larry Brauer:eek:

Edited June 3, 2011 by Labrauer

[RobertKB]

Lucky, lucky. Man if that front motor mount decided to slip-slide you would be driving over your motor. LOL Probably the weight of the engine and friction kept it in place. Glad you found the problems and fixed them properly instead of the unsafe and sloppy fix a previous owner did on the rears and neglected to do on the front.

[Greenbomb]

That's what's called "makin' do". It's nice to be in a position to not have to do it that way. Anymore.

[greg g]

What no drilled out Hockey Pucks???? Well not in Texas I guess....

[Labrauer]

I thought it was incredable I didn't run over the engine. I guess like you said it was a make do time in someone's life instead of fixing it right. What a chance I was taking driving it around all this time. I guess I should count my blessings nothing happened while I was going 60MPH down the road. Anyway you all have a nice and productive day I know I will.

Larry