Snapped the motor mount off my engine the other day., passenger side, not the rear Options

[RocketScott]

Prologue...

The car has been in the shop for a couple of weeks so I could replace the half shafts. The passenger side boot had torn open at some point, grease everywhere. Checked the driver side too. There wasn't a tear in the boot but there was grease all around it so I figured I'd replace it. While on that side I discovered that the driver side didn't have an oil seal on the outside of the bearing so it was shot. Not being one to just put it back together I sandblasted all the parts I could, painted them, and put in new seals and bearings on both sides.





After looking at the drive components I checked the rear motor mount. I replaced it nine months ago but it was shot again. I just figured pushing the Scion tC 17" rims put too much stress on it so I ordered up a pair of the polyurethane motor mount inserts. Great price and they were here super quick. They even fit the new Autozone rear mount like a glove (front mount pictured).



Putting the rear mount in was bad, really really bad. I know it's normally bad because I've done it before. This time it was worse. I couldn't figure out why it was so difficult. the motor wasn't moving the way I needed it to when I lifted it up with the jack. I finally got it in after loosening and lowering the rest of the sub frame. It felt good that things were going back together.... except the motor still looked kinda funny, like it was tilted...


The Real Problem...

Because of the tilt I thought I should check the upper motor mounts. First took the airbox off and checked the drivers side, everything looked fine. Then I went to the passenger side. It's so tight that I figured I should unbolt the mount from the chassis and just see how much it flexes. Wow it flexes a lot, like it isn't even attached to the engine. That's because it's not. The whole unit came right out without unbolting it from the engine. Awsome. From the looks of things the top two bolts sheared off in the block and the bottom one stripped out after wriggling around for a while.



Looks like the engine fell onto the mount and the timing belt wore a pretty good path into the bracket (I think parasitic drag is too light a term for that). Here is a shot of the bracket cleaned up:



Now I'm looking at replacing the timing belt and whatever else that got ruined. The belt cover is shot, I had to pound the bottom bolt down just to get it off. Haven't gotten too deep into it yet. I found all this out yesterday after work so who knows what else needs to be replaced. The big problem is getting the mount back on. The top two bolts were sheared right at the block, there is nothing to grab onto to twist them out. To drill them and use a easy-out or even a helicoil I think I'm going to have to pull the engine.

I'll try to get some better picks of the side of the engine. It's tight and the pictures I took weren't very good the first time.

Anybody have to deal with this before? Am I going to have to pull the engine? If I do pull the engine do I really want to put a four cylinder back in? How long can Rocket's pocket book hold out!?