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| Author: | imnoisydart [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Changing Motor Mounts- Engine In Car |
I posted this on slantsix.com but realized I'd probably get more responses here. I have a 69 Dart. At least one mount is bad for sure. I got 2 new ones for a whopping $10 each. What is the best way to change them with the engine in the car? Assume I could take off the lower nuts and use a floor jack with a block of wood to lift the engine under the oil pan. Can I do one side at a time? In other words can I loosen the opposite nut and just jack up one side of the engine so it doesn't shift so much? |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:12 pm ] |
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Yes, the method you propose will work. I've used it before. Hope your engine mounts were $10/ea because they were new old stock that somebody didn't know what to do with, and not because they're garbage from China. |
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| Author: | imnoisydart [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:44 pm ] |
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Thanks slantsixdan! Is there any way to tell by looking at my motor mounts whether they are Chrysler or China rip offs. Since the slant six has been out of production for so long it didn't even occur to me that our Asian friends would have tooled up to make them. One of my pet peeves is that we no longer make any steel- and apparently the Chinese bought some of our steel mills and shipped them over there on ships. You are Canadian I assume, but probably have sympathy in this matter. (Your garage looks as crowded as mine) |
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| Author: | rock [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I got and just returned some old stock mounts ... |
Howdy, My Mopar parts conncection got me the two side mounts last week and I returned them because I am doing a truck and the car mounts won't work. We were mount fishing, of course. Original, still available, boxes nice and dusty but mounts nice and fresh...and not "imports". They were in the $8 range as I recall. Part number is ANH 2235 from Parts 4 Plus. ...2 threaded studs on one side, one threaded stud on other. If this helps, fine, if not please ignore. rock |
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| Author: | NewLancerMan [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:55 pm ] |
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rock were these the old style mounts that are square? I have a parts 4 plus here in town and would love to get some replacement mounts for mine. I have a 62 Lancer so its kinda tough to scrounge them up. Course mine are plenty spongy, but that's something else  MJ |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:40 pm ] |
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Mounts are different per engine AND body style. '60-'61 Valiant/Lancer, that's one type of left, one type of right and one type of rear mount. '62-'66 A-body slant-6, that's two types of right and one type of left mount. (Convertible uses a different Right) '64-'66 A-body V8, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. '62-'72 A-body all engines, that's one type of rear mount. '67-'72 A-body slant-6, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. '62-'65 B-body slant-6, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. So on and so forth. Sometimes you can make incorrect applications work. $7 and $8 and $10 new motor mounts ain't American-made. |
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| Author: | rock [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | motor mounts |
I am gladly going to file /6 Dan's listing....what a great compilation. The mounts I referenced listed @ $18 each, just heavy discounting to final price. I buy lots of stuff there. I was looking for square ones for the truck and these were the rectangular mounts. I could pay Steele to make a set, but I don't want $250 motor mounts....maybe we need to get up a motor mount order for Steele and reduce the unit cost to a more manageable $25. Thanks for the listing, again,/6! rock |
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| Author: | Johnny Z [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:34 am ] |
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I replaced my mounts with a brand called Anchor. No they are not made in the US Yes they work just fine. JZ |
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| Author: | imnoisydart [ Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:15 pm ] |
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One of those days. I took both nuts off the bottom of the motor mounts and jacked up the engine with a block of wood. - could not get the right mount to get out of the hole. (I had a lot of confidence- I mean I've put a 440 into a 68 Barracuda so I thought this would be a piece of cake) I did not loosen the trans mount bolts but didn't think I'd need to. What gives? |
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| Author: | Jeb [ Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:47 pm ] |
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Are you talking about the motor mounts themselves or just the rubber bushings that go inside? At NAPA complete motormounts for my Duster were almost 40 bucks each. I just bought the bushings, which were $12 each. My motor mounts are the round type though. |
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| Author: | naplm00 [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: |
Quote: Mounts are different per engine AND body style.
'60-'61 Valiant/Lancer, that's one type of left, one type of right and one type of rear mount. '62-'66 A-body slant-6, that's two types of right and one type of left mount. (Convertible uses a different Right) '64-'66 A-body V8, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. '62-'72 A-body all engines, that's one type of rear mount. '67-'72 A-body slant-6, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. '62-'65 B-body slant-6, that's one type of left and one type of right mount. So on and so forth. Sometimes you can make incorrect applications work. $7 and $8 and $10 new motor mounts ain't American-made. I got a 64 convertible. I never knew that The right mount was supposed to be different? Have a part number on that? |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Changing Motor Mounts- Engine In Car |
The factory convertible mount was sized and shaped the same, but had a slightly different rubber compound to deal with different body-resonance frequencies in the convertible. Don't strain your brain or your wallet looking for unobtainium special convertible mounts; go get a pair of these and never have to think about your engine mounts ever any more. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Changing Motor Mounts- Engine In Car |
yep all '64 darts will have the same passenger mount. 2 or 4 door sedan, hardtop or convertible. Johnny at Polybushings has the good stuff as Dan has linked for you. Cheers. Greg |
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| Author: | Dutch Dart GT 64 [ Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Changing Motor Mounts- Engine In Car |
Quote:
The factory convertible mount was sized and shaped the same, but had a slightly different rubber compound to deal with different body-resonance frequencies in the convertible. Don't strain your brain or your wallet looking for unobtainium special convertible mounts; go get a pair of these and never have to think about your engine mounts ever any more.
Can I dust off this old topic again? Still these are the best? My '64 convertible has worn out mounts. the rubber is all done... When the car get's the most torque low in revs when driving off the engine tilts making a metal/scraping noice. (when either flooring it or driving extremely gentle I can avoid the tilting). Recap; https://polybushings.com/pages/2303-4.html these? I remember reading elsewhere that poly mounts cause more vibration and weren't good at all? And since shipping items from over the pond is more expensive then buying a plane ticket, I can't afford buying the wrong ones and have them shipped over. via rockauto they only have these options and I doubt they're the ones I need; DEA / MARMON RIDE CONTROL A2304 €4.66 PIONEER 602304 €8.88 WESTAR EM2303 €9.29 WESTAR EM2304 €9.29 PIONEER 602303 €9.56 |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Thu Sep 25, 2025 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Changing Motor Mounts- Engine In Car |
You can certainly buy that garbage from RockAuto (or any other source), if you want to have to do the job again soon. Write to Johnny @ Polybushings and see if he'll make you a softer-than-usual set of the 2303-2304 mounts. |
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