Replacing engine mounts

Jason94sport · August 17, 2012

How hard is it? Can I do it with basic tools?
Mine are bad & the engine rocks pretty bad at idle & I can hear it banging against the frame rail.

1992fordgreen · August 17, 2012

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=289716

http://oesm.org/02V8MM.pdf (For an 02 explorer)

Also check tranny mounts. It feels AWESOME when you replace those broken ones!

Anime · August 17, 2012

Depends on how you do it.

It's pretty straightforward if you have an engine hoist and can lift up the engine an inch or so after unbolting the mounts from the block.

If you don't have a hoist, it's as big of a PITA as you think it is to try and use a hydraulic jack to lift from the bottom, and it's also not a really good idea since it's putting the entire weight of the engine on the transmission bolts, though you should of course wedge in a wood block under the oil pan immediately after lifting it up, maybe with a towel or something as well to keep one corner of the block from putting the weight on one small part of the aluminum pan.

Other than that it's just a matter of getting your hands and tools in there and popping bolts loose. Take your time and you'll avoid busted knuckles and injury.

When you get new mounts, you can fill the area around the rubber with polyurethane (Permatex Window-Weld urethane works great for this) to make them a lot firmer. You'll get more vibration from the engine, but it'll also deflect less under load, but still be a lot smoother than solid mounts. Just an idea.

Jason94sport · August 17, 2012

Yeah no engine hoist.

I'll talk to my shop guy & see what he thinks it will run in labor.
From my bad vibration experiences with filling performance mounts on my Acura with poly I'll pass on that.

Sucks I never had bad ones before on an X.

Anime · August 17, 2012

You can do it yourself, even just with a tiny jack, just be sure to unbolt the mounts from the crossmember and unbolt the transmission mount from it's crossmember (and unbolt the radiator fan shroud so it doesn't crack/break or damage the fan when you lift it up), and use wood blocks and cushions between the trans/oil pan and whatever you're lifting with. Personally I'd remove the exhaust Y-pipe and lift at the trans/engine connection, but only once the mounts are disconnected, and only to quickly take the old ones out, put the new ones in, and align and drop the engine back on.

It's not that it's tricky, it's just like most other stuff, time consuming to do right and without damaging anything in the process, but without removing everything to get to them.

Replacing engine mounts

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EF YEAH!!

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