Motor Mount Question

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

the prevent tearing the mount rubber during forward/reverse movement of the
engine. the only thing that can make this much force is a front end collision.
thats my guess based on the fact that i've only ever seen them on the front side
of the mounts. they prevent the engine from moving too far when the mount does
finally fail, collision or not.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Langford" <corylang@dccnet.com>
To: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: Motor Mount Question


>
>
> Well, when I took the JH engine out of the project car the side mounts were
> so bad that the bolts had bent and would refuse to be removed from the
> motor mount. I ended up simply cutting them off beside the mount and
> getting new bolts and nuts for the reinstall.
>
> Problem is, when you take a saws-all to the bolts, those rubber "gaskets"
> around the mounts get pretty messed up.  So I have had the dealer trying to
> get me a set.
>
> Well, it looks like after all this time looking around, they have
> discovered that they are discontinued (no surprise) and have been replaced
> with a new one.  SO he ordered me in the new one and it look like a small
> simple rubber ring (about the size of a rubber washer to go over the end of
> the mount.
>
>
> My question is:  What are these large pieces of rubber in between the 8V
> mount and supposed to do?  The mount goes through the hole in the center,
> so the best I can figure is that they are simply used incase of any twist
> in the mount, it protects the surface of the mount from the body.
>
> Any one installed an engine with out them?  Any opinions on leaving them
> out, rather than hunting up a set from a wrecker?
>
> The engine is installed now with out them, but it is just getting to the
> road. so I figured I should find out if they are really needed before I
> start testing this thing...
>
>
>
>
> Cory Langford
> '86 turbo project
> '83 beater daily driver
>
>
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