i tried for 2 hours to get the motor mount and the rear bracket to line up so i can get the damn bolt in and no luck ... there was a lot of swearing and jacking moving and shifting the engine and no freaking luck! advice?

 

have some-one help you , and make sure you have the hood off the car....have one person line up the mount and one person work the engine hoist

 

hoods off... i have two of the others in and it is off by a 1/16th of an inch and i can't seem to get it... damn it!

 

Got a pry bar?

 

even tried that... it lifts it more than shuving it toward the wall....

 

i stood on my car and pulled the manifold and hit the bolt with a smallar bar

 

the problem is i can make it go up and down but i can't get it to go back that 1/16th of an inch

 

tools u need is
b16 mounts
u need wd40
patience
a jack
hoist or crane
it took me 2 days but i got em in next day in a hour

 

make sure the other mounts are bolted in so tight already either. that would keep it from moving in the direction you need.

 

got the mounts... got the wd-40 patience is running thin... i can finally get teh bolt in but now its not lineing up to thread in . lol this is getting rediculous. i tried to thread another bolt from the other side to force itself to line up but didn't work

 

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yeah going to check on that mon... can't work on the car till then

 

Here is how I do it on the SOHC

Bolt Bracket to Mount
Have friend push or pull on the timing belt side of the motor as neccesary
Slide in one of the outer bolts, the inner one (closest to thermostat housing) will still allow the two behind it to move about.
Swear, curse, bitch, and in general moan.
Have air gun handy so the second everything lines up you can drill that sucker in
Sit back and relax and laugh about how hard it actually wasn't

 

make sure the other mounts are loose so you have more wiggle room once all the bolts are started then tighten

 

thanks!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crx Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">make sure the other mounts are loose so you have more wiggle room once all the bolts are started then tighten</TD></TR></TABLE> That too, and if you have a front mount, make sure it either A) isn't bolted to the front crossmember, or if it is, the crossmember isn't bolted to the car.

 

I haven't run into your problem... nor do i remember how the mount is setup.

But if it's a through bolt (not going into a welded on nut) and has a little room on the other end i'd grab a bolt pretty darn close in size as the one putting in. Cut the head off that similar bolt (so it will go in and out the other side), grind a point down on the other end, hammer that bad boy in there... Then when it's in there more or less flush or a little bit in the hole, beat it in the rest of the way with the proper bolt and then stick the nut on the end and there ya go.

If it's not a through bolt... disregard.

If it's not a through bolt though, i'd stick a pinch bolt (or heavy duty phillips screwdriver) and pry it all around until it lines up well (basically barely bend the mount or whatever gives) and stick the bolt in.