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Old Aug 27th, 2020, 18:57   #157
Othen
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Originally Posted by CosmicBike View Post
Before the rain set in I figured I'd have a look at changing the engine mounts. Engine supported on a jack, the old one on the nearside came off very easily, since it was broken in half...
Getting the new one in was more of a challenge. The engine needed to go up more than I was happy to do to slot it in, so instead I unbolted the lower mount from the crossmember. Making it all line up was interesting, but finally done whilst getting rather wet.
Drivers side will have to wait for a few days, but just changing the one of them has made an incredible difference, when I bought the car I figured the engine was supposed to move that much!!
I had exactly the same issue with the RB - and my word, doesn't it make a difference having an engine mount not in two parts!

Alan
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