RE: [Engine - Motor Mounts] was: Scirocco recall

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

I just did my pass. side mount the other day. I drenched both ends of the
main mount bolt with Liquid Wrench a couple days in advance...it ended up
being the easiest bolt in the whole project!

There was one allen-head bolt on the upper-left corner of the mount that was
too close to the fender to get my allen wrench into. I took a decent-quality
allen key and cut it down with a dremel tool (get a fiberglass cutting
wheel, not the cheap emery ones), which worked great. As a make-shift
breaker-bar, I tightly clamped a large pair of vise grip pliers to the
wrench, extending it about 2 1/2 times longer than the wrench and giving me
more to grab on to. No problem!

Finally, GET THE PRE-PRESSED MOUNT!!!! In case you missed my posts the other
day, I initially had some trouble when I had the dealer press it for me.
Turns out they didn't know how to do it...even they use pre-pressed mounts!
It's worth the extra money!

Good Luck
Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of T Berk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 2:02 PM
> To: Chris Coracini
> Cc: 'Aaron'; Scottish; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: [Engine - Motor Mounts] was: Scirocco recall
>
>
> Chris Coracini wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, he's the one who brought up the idea of the
> recall.  I was
> > > speaking to him about getting hoses and motor mounts
> replaced when he
> > > mentioned the heater core.
> > >
> > > BTW To replace all three mounts, labor is $390.00 ... ($60/hr) ...
> > > I'm
> > > thinking about taking a day off of school and doing it myself.
> > [Chris Coracini]
> >
> > hold up, is this motor mounts you are talking about?  there
> are 4, not
> > 3, and you can get a complete set from TT for $90, plus the cost of
> > pressing two in (about $50).
> >
> > chris
> > 86 16V scirocco
>
> Not to say forget TT, but FORGET TT. I got the same service from Mike
> Potter; got a Pass. mount pre pressed as well as a tranny mount pre
> pressed. The front and back, of course, were not an issue.
>
> Just wish I had painted them with my Bar B Q paint before I
> put them in.
>
> In terms of do it yourself- I was replacing the mounts while swapping
> engines. Regardless, tIps I'd include are-
>
> Having a floor jack from underneath or some type of hoist over head to
> support the eng.
>
> Prep by spraying liquid wrench prior to doing the job- giving it a
> chance to penetrate, Simple Green the mounts and bolts sockets just
> before to removal to clean gunk away, helps the Hex wrench to
> get a good
> bite.
>
> when you get to pulling each mount,  get a good quality 8 mm (some may
> have 6 mm) Hex wrench and a 'breaker bar' (saves your ratchet) in
> addition to the standard tool kit. Because the space is tight between
> the chassis and motor then a combo open end wrench will be useful as
> well. I think it'll be 13 mm. ( Quick aside, Husky makes a polished
> model of the standard wrench, could do with out the glitzy, but it's
> longer than their stand model. More leverage.)
>
>
> hth,
> TBerk
>
> --
> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" to
> majordomo@scirocco.org.
> If you experience other problems, email: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org
>
>


--
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" to majordomo@scirocco.org.
If you experience other problems, email: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org