Check your motor mounts!

mrtask

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I really don't know how long I've been driving around without my engine actually being attached to the chassis! Things seemed to be getting a bit lurchy and trembly so I took a look, lo and behold, only the engine steady bar and the gearbox were still held in place, the engine was sitting on sheared motor mounts! :confused::eek:
What is the book time for swapping two of these out? I don't want to admit how long it took me, even with the car on a two poster lift and the engine supported by a proper tall jack. :(
 

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I really don't know how long I've been driving around without my engine actually being attached to the chassis! Things seemed to be getting a bit lurchy and trembly so I took a look, lo and behold, only the engine steady bar and the gearbox were still held in place, the engine was sitting on sheared motor mounts! :confused::eek:
What is the book time for swapping two of these out? I don't want to admit how long it took me, even with the car on a two poster lift and the engine supported by a proper tall jack. :(

Still look serviceable - bit of glue and she'll be right as rain!
 
Changed all my mounts recently as all of them were sheared off. Now it is such a pleasure when you open the bonnet and can see an engine that sits perfectly flat in the engine bay as opposed to 90% of the photos you see online of p6's with the engine sitting down on the left hand side.

Graeme
 
Modern repro mounts can be crap. Been through 3 sets of the early mounts on mine since I got it in 2010
 
Yes been through that. Went to check the oil level and noticed the motor was leaning over? A bit of investigation showed the motor mounts had sheared. Interestingly the gearbox had not long been out and rebuilt. I think that did it!
 
I used the Mk.II Golf transmission mounts on mine a couple years back. Not only do they have a captive bush but they're also filled with hydraulic fluid to reduce harmonic vibration. Its a pretty good upgrade.
 
I used the Mk.II Golf transmission mounts on mine a couple years back. Not only do they have a captive bush but they're also filled with hydraulic fluid to reduce harmonic vibration. Its a pretty good upgrade.

Is that V8 or ?
 
v8 mounts are freely available still... p5b mounts are the same as early cars but are a bit more expensive.
 
Here in Germany mounts listed as fitting a '72 P6 3500 cost three times the price of the same thing listed as Land Rover Discovery V8! :rolleyes:
I seem to get two years out of a pair.
 
My Rover has had three sets of engine mounts fitted over 43 years. The most recent pair are Range Rover mounts, fitted in 2007 and thus far have functioned perfectly for 154,000 miles (248,000km).
I must say that I am astounded that they should require replacement every 2 or 3 years :eek:

If they are covered in oil, that will certainly ruin them, and if the engine support bracket is not set up correctly, then the L/H mount will realise excessive tension leading to failure.

Ron.
 
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