was: vibrating dash now: installing motor mounts

[vwdaun@yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- Vince Royer <vince@performancecarstereo.com> wrote:
> I've heard people say they had to 'align the motor
> betweet the mounts'.  If
> you're doing all 4 mounts at once, what is the general
> procedure?  Do you
> need to use a jack to support the motor, or can I just
> throw it on the hoist
> and do them one at a time?

You'll have to remove the front & rear to do the p-side (or
at least one of them)

> And, has anybody used the bugpack urethane motor mounts? 
> That seems to be
> all that's available to me unless I want to order from
> the states. (dont!)

Don't use urethane mounts.  You'll have at least as much
vibration as you do now, and it seems there's a link
between urethane mounts and the cracked-front-crossmember
problem.


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Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'80 S, 81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, 90 Passat Wagon, '56 Cessna 172
For Sale: '66 Cessna 150, '82 Scirocco, '82 Pickup.
"Any idiot can face a crisis.  It's this day to day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekhov

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