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Passenger side motor mount emergency, how do i get the old one out.

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I have 1/2 way removed the expansion tank and all the fasteners are out (including the front stud) but I can't get the thing out.

It looks like it should lift off but might be cocked a bit.

What is the trick?
 


koozy

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I have 1/2 way removed the expansion tank and all the fasteners are out (including the front stud) but I can't get the thing out.

It looks like it should lift off but might be cocked a bit.

What is the trick?
Hopefully someone that knows chimes in, but I would imagine the motor might have to be supported from the bottom with a jack to pull the mount off? Maybe the weight on the mount is somehow preventing it from coming off?
 


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Well I got the motor mount in but in the process I snapped part: C1BZ-8B081-J, overflow hose. Its a cheap part but now I need to find one.

The motor mount trick is you need to jack up the motor from below.

Very obvious but no one says it.

Thanks for the help.
 


frankiefiesta

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Yes it needs to be jacked.. Sorry for late response. Mine was so broken I could rock the engine by hand. Always use a jack to support the engine when changing the mount
 


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I got the new hose and installed it.

The install was very easy and the replacement part is a molded rubber hose rather than the half molded plastic and half rubber piece that broke.

I don't think there is any chance that the new part will fail before it rots so I'm happy with that.

I suggest that anyone with the half plastic hose and a busted motor mount order the replacement hose with the motor mount just in case. It is cheap insurance.

I would say if you have the half plastic hose remove it before the motor mount to avoid cracking it but I had to cut off the original on the rubber end, I don't think I could have saved it even if I knew to remove it for the motor mount replacement.
 




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