Re: Front motor mount

[John Worden <scirocco@powerlink.net>]

At 11:55 AM 03/17/2000 -0600, Neal Tovsen wrote:
>Am I missing something here, or does the Bentley not cover replacing motor
>mounts? Anyway, I'm trying to do the front mount, and I'm looking for
>tips/tricks. I can get the two bolts out of the core support easily enough,
>and the mount is "free", but I can't rotate it enough to pull it off.
>Jacking the motor up and down doesn't help. Do I have to pull the starter?
>This seems to be where the other side of the mount bolts to the engine, but
>I'm having trouble trying to find a tripple-square tool...
>
You don't need to reomove the core support, first of all.  Secondly, most
starter bolts I've seen were normal allen head bolts, not triple square.
But I'm not saying they were never used(I had a 70's rabbit that had them
once).  As for the allen head bolts, I believe they are 10 mm.


John Worden
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