Hmmm, I think what you have circled there, that's just where the end
of one of the starter bolts goes. The top & longest of the three goes
right through the starter, transmission case, then through that
eyelet on the engine block, and ends up in that nut welded to the
other side of the engine mount. Only the nut is threaded.
In that case, the engine itself isn't bolted to the mount? The only
bolt to the mount is one long one through the
transmission/starter/engine combo? So whenenver I remove the starter
I am also freeing the engine from that mount?
Exactly right. (That's why the Bentley tells you to support the engine
when removing the starter.)
> The only A2 mounts I've ever dealt with before were the hydraulic
ones, so the
> rubber barrel one is new to me.
Well, it was a long time ago that I swapped out my hydro mount and put
in the rubber barrel that you have there too, but I seem to recall the
hydro used the same setup: I only needed to remove the three starter
bolts for the mount bracket to come loose.
Cheers,
Oleg
