Rear Motor Mount question...., how do i get it back on?!? Options

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

I've been working the past few days on changing my clutch and finally got most everything put back together today, only one problem - How in the hell do I get the rear engine mount back on the crossmember and put it back in??

I unbolted the two nuts and one bolt from the crossmember holding down the mount, and somehow the mount poped of when I was removing the trans. The BGB says to remove the bracket from the block, but that doesn't make any sense because if you were to take off the bracket and then reinstall the mount that way, you wouldn't be able to get to the bolts to put the bracket back on! It makes no sense to me....I've been wrestling with the damn thing for a good part of the night and its now 5:45 AM and I haven't slept yet because I feel like an idiot for not being able to figure it out. lol


Any suggestions?? I'm all out of ideas and I gotta get my car back on the road this morning.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Update, FWIW-

I got the mount in no problem and quite easily by settling in with a new plan of attack....all I did was with all the other motor mounts removed other than the passenger side, I used my engine hoist to lift on the hook on the motor and lifted the motor up on the drivers side until the rear mount bracket was right against the steering rack. At that point all you need to do is insert the mount into and above the bracket slightly and then slide the crossmember into place while you coax the mount studs into the holes that it needs to go into on the crossmember.

If you lift the engine up until it stops, it gives you the perfect ammount of room to get the mount in place and use leverage to get it in smoothly and once you pry it into place and you're good to go. That approach worked very smoothly for me and I reccomend that others in my situation try to do the same.....you could use a block of wood on a sturdy floor jack under the motor to achieve a similar effect too.