You got the right idea. The rear motor mount has 3 bolts on the top, 13mm I believe. It also has a bolt going through the middle of it, that holds the mount to the bracket. I have had a hard time getting the bolt off that goes through the middle of the mount. If this happends, you can remove the entire bracket. It's held on by two 17mm bolts. Now here's the annoying part. you cant really get the mount/bracket out. It's to large, and you can't get it past the drive shaft, or the exhaust manifold. What I did was, I removed the bracket while the mount was still attached to it. Then I turned the mount/bracket so i had better access to the bolt going across the middle of the mount. Once the mount is unbolted from the bracket you can pull it out of the engine bay. You don't have to remove the bracket if you can get the bolt off that goes through the mount. By the way, remove the passenger side wheel for better access. Finally, this is for the earlier solid mount. I know the bracket is different for the hydro mount. So these directions might not help you as much, although the process of jacking the engine etc are the same. Good Luck. The rear mount can be a PITA
On Tue, 22 May 2001 22:21:24 "johno offost" <[email protected]> writes: > I just got a new rear passenger side motor mount to install in place > of the > old one. To swap them do I just support the engine with a block of > wood and > jack under the oil pan, and then loosen the three bolts that attach > the > mounting bracket to the mount and then losen the bolts that connect > to the > engine block and pull off the cover/attaching arm and then switch > the mounts > and put everything back together again? > > Is that right? > > Thanks > > John > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
