What motor mounts do you have? Why?

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

blk00z28 said:
Which one of you guys welded your solids to the frame? (If I remember reading that correctly a few weeks ago..)
Marty did, not sure if any normal trucks have that
 

SY2455

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

I been following this post so. Really dumb ? follows.



Do you change just the motor mount or do you also have to change the frame mount as well?

Thanks
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

SY2455 said:
I been following this post so. Really dumb ? follows.



Do you change just the motor mount or do you also have to change the frame mount as well?

Thanks

Depends. For polys you can just change the rubber mount.... for solids you have to change both frame pads and motor mounts
 

SY2455

70's Veteran
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Dumb ? # 2 follows.

If you bought a new motor mount and made a solid mount base on the stock replacement mount.

Can you keep the stock frame mounts?
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Sy Guy 0024 said:
For polys you have to change the frame mount as well.
Not anymore :tup: .... ES just came out with a stock replacement in poly
 

Sy Guy 0024

Member
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

What???? Are you serious? Part number please?? Damn, I just bought frame pads and 3-1114s....
 

Zewerr

ToeJam is a Poindexter
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

ShuggsRR said:
$300 including the parts?? :tup:

Labor only, but still well worth it!!! Even if I did have to throw some new nuts and bolts in after they fell out, because they didn't install locking nuts!
 

ShuggsRR

Donating Member
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Where did you find a shop to do it for $300? A dealership or some local shop you walked into?
 

Zewerr

ToeJam is a Poindexter
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

It was actually JS's dad. He did it in his personal shop. And told me after, "Never again"
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Sy Guy 0024 said:
What???? Are you serious? Part number please?? Damn, I just bought frame pads and 3-1114s....
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PN is 3.1141
 

SY2455

70's Veteran
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

SY2455 said:
Dumb ? # 2 follows.

If you bought a new motor mount and made a solid mount base on the stock replacement mount.

Can you keep the stock frame mounts?

Anyone?
 

Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

I think what's happening here is this. The overall "thickness" of the original mount is approx 3 & 1/8 inch. That's the distance from the frame pad to the engine pad. (Although what I measured was the mount and frame pad together since mine are out.) The TurboTime frame pads and the Moroso engine pads add up to that amount but the bolt that ties them together is in a different location so you need both (the Moroso mount and someones mfg mount) to make it work. It appears that if you used the Moroso mount and original frame pads the motor would be low. Caveat: I'm new at this and mine are not installed yet but that's what it looks like to me.
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Don W. said:
I think what's happening here is this. The overall "thickness" of the original mount is approx 3 & 1/8 inch. That's the distance from the frame pad to the engine pad. (Although what I measured was the mount and frame pad together since mine are out.) The TurboTime frame pads and the Moroso engine pads add up to that amount but the bolt that ties them together is in a different location so you need both (the Moroso mount and someones mfg mount) to make it work. It appears that if you used the Moroso mount and original frame pads the motor would be low. Caveat: I'm new at this and mine are not installed yet but that's what it looks like to me.

This is correct, the only additional problem is that the moroso solids have a spacing face to face of 2 3/8", while the factory frame pads are almost 3" wide face to face. This causes the solids to not fit over the factory frame pads
 

Don W.

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

jjorgensen52 said:
This is correct, the only additional problem is that the moroso solids have a spacing face to face of 2 3/8", while the factory frame pads are almost 3" wide face to face. This causes the solids to not fit over the factory frame pads

I also noticed that the original, metric, through bolts are to small. Nice new 1/2 inchers will be necessary.
 

SY2455

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

jjorgensen52 said:
Do you mean just weld the plates together or something? I don't quite understand the objective here

What I mean by the 2nd dumb ? was this. If you got a brand new motor mount to get all the measurements from and made a mount from steel :idea: , that match in all measurements. Could you then bolt the steel one to the engine and use the stock frame mount? Or is there some other reason to change out the frame mount?:dunno:
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

Don W. said:
I also noticed that the original, metric, through bolts are to small. Nice new 1/2 inchers will be necessary.
Mine have 3/8" grade 8's in the solids with not troubles :dunno:
 

Don W.

Stab it and steer it
Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

jjorgensen52 said:
Mine have 3/8" grade 8's in the solids with not troubles :dunno:

I've heard that before. Folks use them, I guess, because of alignment issues. I'll see what happens when I put mine together.:roll:
 

jjorgensen52

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Re: What motor mounts do you have? Why?

SY2455 said:
What I mean by the 2nd dumb ? was this. If you got a brand new motor mount to get all the measurements from and made a mount from steel :idea: , that match in all measurements. Could you then bolt the steel one to the engine and use the stock frame mount? Or is there some other reason to change out the frame mount?:dunno:

Nope, no reason in this instance. They're plenty strong, just the spacing is all wrong
 
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