Re: moving engine

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

At 02:41 PM 1/5/99 -0500, Joshua Johnson wrote:
>Thanks to everyone who replied to my earlier post about the passenger
>side motor mount bolts...with your help I got it off okay and payed the
>local vw shop to press the new inserts in. Now I'm putting the thing
>back together.
>
>..side engine mounts on my 88 16v. It appears that when the mounts
>*really* broke the engine twisted, moving about two or three inches
>forward on the drivers side thus moving rearward on the passenger side.
>I tried shoving the engine back with body weight and elbow grease, but
>that didn't work. I also tried using a jack between the back of the
>front bumper and the tranny but it started to bend the metal on the back
>of the bumper. Any suggestions of what to do or what you guys have
>tried?
>Joshua j
>88 16v
>


COnsider putting the jack under the motor and taking the weight of the the
other mounts. his may allow you to twist and turn it back into possition.

hth,
TBerk 

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