Motor Mount Help, just a slight snag Options

[Tigawoods]

basically the crossmember does not have enough room to slide under the motor mount bolts

art u can use this to see what i am running into

i tried to move the engine up but due to the due to the 5s being positioned at an angle. it does not really move as high as i want it to

suggestions would be great

[Havok1997GT]

Dude. this took me, DEATH and his girl 2 days to do this thing. Same problem.

Solution?

Unbolt the Left side Motor mount by the Timing belt. The motor will move up higher then and you can slip it in with no problems. DO NOT TAKE OF ALL 4 MOUNTS! Not only will the engine fall on you, but you will have no help lining everything back up when you get the mount in. On the Left side mount, it should be 4 nuts to remove. Don't remove the mount from the engine, just disconnect it from the frame. Now we lifted it off the bolts that hold it in place. I'm not sure that you really need the engine that high though. But we where tired of messing with it and just said screw it and gave ourselves more room then we might have needed. But it has to be done. Once you disconnect the mount the engine will lift higher and you can slide the mount in smoothly. Also, make sure your Jack is on the Oil Pan like you have it in the pictures. Otherwise the engine will not life in the right way to slide the mount in.

This post has been edited by Havok1997GT: May 10, 2008 - 7:46 PM