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Old 12-23-2003, 02:55 PM
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i hear a sound like my header scraping the ground as i start to reverse. what do you know, it IS my header. this sucks.

i guess the motor mount bracket broke off over night. advice?


front of the car. header look a little to close to the ground?




closer..




at an angle



side



other side





holding the motor mount so you can see the bolt and the bracket that broke



bracket



bracket closer

Old 12-23-2003, 02:57 PM
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DAMN....thats crazy. lucky it didnt happen to you while driving on the highway or somethin.
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Damn man..talk about all time shitty luck.
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that sucks my friend broke his before and had it rewelded. man you should look into the oil leak you have going to. i thought mine was bad but not that bad. is that like a quart a week
Old 12-23-2003, 02:59 PM
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hell yes. if i was driving, my car would be destroyed.
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Damn sorry homie that sucks..do you live where there is a lot of Snow? cause where you motor mount was it Looks Rusted as Fukk "y0"...and my only advice would be take it to a Fab. shop and they will hook up something nice for you! you have AAA right?
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Default Re: so i go to drive my car this morning and (138)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 138 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i guess the motor mount bracket broke off over night. advice? </TD></TR></TABLE>


What else can you do? Fix it.


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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Synergy001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">DAMN....thats crazy. lucky it didnt happen to you while driving on the highway or somethin.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah that could have been alot worse
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 138 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i guess the motor mount bracket broke off over night. advice?

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throw it away.. weight reduction...
Nah, just get it welded, make sure they do a good job when they do it though.
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what a piece of ****.

if you pay for my gas money, i'll come up there and fix it for you.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chainsaw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what a piece of ****.

if you pay for my gas money, i'll come up there and fix it for you.
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deal.
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Advice. Wash the engine, it looks like *** Then, fix the mount. How could you not notice that when you fired the engine?
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man, that's brutal
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How many mounts were holding up your motor? Reason I ask is shouldn't you have a mount thats bolted to the side of the tranny?
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Hey cool long sleeve shirt,almost looks like a tatoo.
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damn yo, get a good strong weld and invest in some better motor mounts. hit me up, i know of a few places aorund that should be able to get a strong weld on it.
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Holy ****, dude! Good luck.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Spoon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just get it welded, make sure they do a good job when they do it though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yup, but man that is HORRIBLE to see, jesus !

good luck
Old 12-23-2003, 04:59 PM
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some crappy shop locally installed a b16a into a kids car and didnt tighten the mount. He went to back out of his driveway, header caught and he tugged on it, engine ripped complely out. heh
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My advice is to find a good welder!

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EF9_SiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">some crappy shop locally installed a b16a into a kids car and didnt tighten the mount. He went to back out of his driveway, header caught and he tugged on it, engine ripped complely out. heh</TD></TR></TABLE>

:sigh:

what did this "shop" have to say for itself ?
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:sigh:

what did this "shop" have to say for itself ?</TD></TR></TABLE>I dunno. They are the shittiest shop evAr. Chad likes em though. He says their car is "God's gift to Auto-X"
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Damn, that's horrible. Good luck.
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Dam thats crazy. I guess you could say your lucky that it broke off overnight, instead of when you were driving the car, especially if you were driving on the highway.

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