Cruiserdrew
On the way there
I broke my front driver side motor mount when the Norcal Wagons went to Coyote Flat two weeks ago. It broke on a steep up hill with immediate fan into the shroud. I was able to continue using minimal torque and throttle until I got back to town a few hours later. At Napa I bought a length of chain and a couple of bolts and temporarily "fixed" the motor mount with the chain. That works great and I should have left well enough alone.
Today I took my new OEM mount from Cruiserdan and set out to install. Is this an easy job for the rest of you? I had a really hard time. After loosening the bolts, and pulling all the fan shroud bolts, I jacked up the motor using a floor jack and a block of wood under the pan. There was a great deal of pressure on the jack and the motor was not high enough to get the broken mount out. I then took the bolts off the passenger side mount, but when I jacked up the motor, the PS mounting bolts pulled out completely would not line back up, to set the motor down. So I had to risk fingers to get the mount back in place and let the motor down.
Once down, I built a steady stack of wood to get a 4 ton hydraulic jack under of the corner of the engine block right by the motor mount. I should have pulled the tierod, which would have made it easier but I didn't. THis is where things got scary. Jacking up on the corner, I was able to raise the engine enough to loosen up on the old mount. At the full extension of the jack I was able to get the old mount out but felt lucky I still had fingers after that, as the jack has almost no purchase on the corner of the block. To get the new mount in, I had to let everything down with the mounting ear resting on a 2x4 block. After adding a few more pieces of plywood, I was able to reposition my small jack and jack it up, then up, then up somemore. It is a bitch to get that new mount in place. Finally it went in, but guess what-I had it upsidedown and the edge of the mount hit the exhauset EGR cooler when I let the motor down. I had to repeat the entire process, first pulling the mount, then pulling it out, turning it over and putting it back in place. It was extremely difficult to get the mounting bolts lined back up in the holes. then the whole thing came down and got bolted in place. Whew-I thought i was going to loose a finger tip or two.
Sorry about the ramble, but there has to be an easier way. Could someone share that with me? Afterwards I thought about using an engine hoist to lift from the fron hook-would this have been better? How do you do this so you are not risking your fingers to place the new mount? I read about doing this with a pry bar, but there isn't any place to pry from.
What is the proper technique for replacing an FJ60 front motor mount?
Today I took my new OEM mount from Cruiserdan and set out to install. Is this an easy job for the rest of you? I had a really hard time. After loosening the bolts, and pulling all the fan shroud bolts, I jacked up the motor using a floor jack and a block of wood under the pan. There was a great deal of pressure on the jack and the motor was not high enough to get the broken mount out. I then took the bolts off the passenger side mount, but when I jacked up the motor, the PS mounting bolts pulled out completely would not line back up, to set the motor down. So I had to risk fingers to get the mount back in place and let the motor down.
Once down, I built a steady stack of wood to get a 4 ton hydraulic jack under of the corner of the engine block right by the motor mount. I should have pulled the tierod, which would have made it easier but I didn't. THis is where things got scary. Jacking up on the corner, I was able to raise the engine enough to loosen up on the old mount. At the full extension of the jack I was able to get the old mount out but felt lucky I still had fingers after that, as the jack has almost no purchase on the corner of the block. To get the new mount in, I had to let everything down with the mounting ear resting on a 2x4 block. After adding a few more pieces of plywood, I was able to reposition my small jack and jack it up, then up, then up somemore. It is a bitch to get that new mount in place. Finally it went in, but guess what-I had it upsidedown and the edge of the mount hit the exhauset EGR cooler when I let the motor down. I had to repeat the entire process, first pulling the mount, then pulling it out, turning it over and putting it back in place. It was extremely difficult to get the mounting bolts lined back up in the holes. then the whole thing came down and got bolted in place. Whew-I thought i was going to loose a finger tip or two.
Sorry about the ramble, but there has to be an easier way. Could someone share that with me? Afterwards I thought about using an engine hoist to lift from the fron hook-would this have been better? How do you do this so you are not risking your fingers to place the new mount? I read about doing this with a pry bar, but there isn't any place to pry from.
What is the proper technique for replacing an FJ60 front motor mount?
). I don't remember if I did that or not (probably not 
). I could then pull the old mounts (poke'm out from below with a screwdriver or similar) and slide the new mounts in (holding the sides so if the motor fell it hit the mount and not me). Then loosely bolt them in from the bottom. Lower the motor back down close to the mounts and thread in the top bolts; draw the mount up to the bottom of the iron motor mount bracket. Lower the motor the rest of the way down to the frame and tighten everything back up to spec.
