Motor Mounts? HD vs Poly???

1lowcab · Post by **1lowcab** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:12 pm

thats why i think it's worth the $20 to have NAPA deal with crap.

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:37 pm

gotcha

Post by **Calimus** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:38 am

I've got a 12 ton press, and it puts mounts in just fine. Helps if the mount brakets are properly round though. Getting mounts out is super easy. Take a hacksaw and cut the inner mount metal ring (but make damn sure not to cut into the braket) I take about a 1/8th piece of the inner ring and you can just push the old mount out of the bracket.

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:05 pm

I don't have a press, but I have replaced a few. Here is how I do it.

buy 5 pounds of dry ice.
buy 20 pounds of charcoal.
one pair of leather gloves.
pair of Vice-grips
Hacksaw
5 pound minisledge
2 2X6 by 2 foot
bucket of water
cooler

remove the mount with the hacksaw be carefull not to
cut thru it.

Place the mount under the dry ice in the cooler

Start the charcoal in a grill

when the coals come to color place the mount bracket in it
and apply air, you can fan it or use a leaf blower.

once the mount bracket is glowing cherry

(you have to be fast it is best to practice dry runs)

with the leather gloves remove it from the heat with the vice grips.

Placing it on the wood over concrete.

grab the mount out of the cooler.

spray the mount with wd40...it will freeze but will assist.

Align to the bracket and smack it in with the mini sledge.

about two good smacks.

drop in bucket of water to quench.

Like I said we country educated boys find ways to do things....

It may even help you with the presses to Freeze the mount prior to pressing.

When finished sacrifice a socket....4 or 5 mm
wedge it under the mount at the bottom.

When the mount assy is resting in the cradle it can't come out to bother you. When the mount breaks again, the mount will be caught on the socket, the engine will still vibrate to let you know it is gone, but it can't fall out of alignment to bind the linkage to the tranny....

You can do the tranny this way too.

And guys you get to play with Dry Ice Water, and fire......cool

VWnoob · Post by **VWnoob** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:34 pm

Brian, That is the best post I have ever read!!!! I was ROFL!!!!!!!

It makes perfect sense too, how metal shrinks with cold and expands in heat!

As much as I would kill to try that, my wife would kill me for even considering it. I think Ill spend the extra $$ to have it done.

But GREAT post!

Jim

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:03 am

Brian,

What in the hell is all that?? Sounds like a great idea. Is this really how you did it??

Do you know how much trouble I would get into for doing that.. The wife would have a .... That woman would throw a hissy!! then wonder where in the hell I learned it. I would have to tell her from some country boy in Ga. and then she would understand cuz thats whree her stepdad is from..but she would still be pissed!!

!

Hey, when the coals are heating up, do you throw some hot dogs or squirrel on the grille for dinner or snack in the mean time??

1lowcab · Post by **1lowcab** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:13 am

Hey, when the coals are heating up, do you throw some hot dogs or squirrel on the grille for dinner

LMAO!

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:42 am

Like that Pimp??

Hey Bri, just messing with ya buddy. how ya feeling??

Post by **Calimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:58 am

Jimmy, in Fla, you cook squirrle on the grill, round these parts its possum.

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:17 am

Calimus wrote:Jimmy, in Fla, you cook squirrle on the grill, round these parts its possum.

Squirrel, Possum... either way, sure as hell ain't served ad McDonalds.... that we know of! I would like to order a McPossum sandwich... and a possum mcnugget happy meal for the kid!

Post by **Briano1234** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:27 am

Well yes as a matter of fact that is how i have always done it. And I have a bigggggggg smoker grill, every now and then i have to burn off the kreasote so as i don't get a smoker fire...

I am currently tinkering with re-adjusting my header.. were all 4 pipes converge they welded that som bitch on wrong, so i have to heat all 4 pipes at once to hammer adjust, also gonna smack it down a 1/2 inch. but I can't do it for a few weeks. Momma and Doctor would really be pissed if the stent closed back up or moved....

And I Always do it round diner time, that way I can cook road kill or shovel dog.

I learned this trick from my daddy, when I had to put a new starter ring on a fly-wheel of my 67 mg. I was just being the factual self that I are.

Country educated Military Trained and graduated from Knox University Hard Knox......lololol

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:34 am

what the hell are you burning that has kreasote on it?? if inhaled that stuff can do some damage!! I used to climb 60 foot telephone poles soaked in kreasote.. that stuff burns the skin like hell.

Post by **Briano1234** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:43 am

it is built up on the body of the smoker from the oak and hickory that I smoke with....gets so thick it flakes off...so every now and then I have to burn it off....lol It is like when you burn wood in a fireplace if it ain't hot enough it leaves residue that can cause a stack fire...lol

Now I ain't scared of much but a stack fire is nothing I want a happening to me...lol

seen one and that fireball coming out of the fireplace scared the bejesus outta me...

Once I was flying and got a lightning strike, the plasma ball going down the fuselage was cool and all the sparking scared me a bit but to see a rolling ball of fire...coming at you on the couch....fudge....

BigDaddy90Cabby · Post by **BigDaddy90Cabby** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:24 pm

crazy,.. just crazy

VWnoob · Post by **VWnoob** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:13 pm

Brian.... YOU ARE #1!

(Jim gives Brian1234 a big thumbs up and a high five!)