Or, put the car in 2nd gear, and hold the breaks on while you ease off the clutch, bad mounts will make the motor jerk about 5" back, where a good one limits its movement to about 2". FWIW, I have a near-new 279E solid mount and a near new rear passenger side mount for sale, CHEAP.
Jay 81 931 77 924 ----- Original Message ----- From: Brice Osborne To: Denis Palmans ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:50 AM Subject: RE: How to check motormounts? I personally just park the car and shake the hell out of the engine from the intake- while it is cold of course. If it moves a lot, not good. :) Brice -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Denis Palmans Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: How to check motormounts? How can I check the motormounts to make sure they're not shot? Are there any other ways than to pull the handbrake and let the clutch out a bit, while someone else looks at the engine? Also is there anyway to tell which mount is bad? On my car when I let out the clutch, if I let it out too quick, or if I don't match the revs good enough and let it out quick, I get a 'clunk clunk' that seems like the engine is jumping around in the engine bay. It makes the car extremely hard to drive smoothly. I was thinking the front motor mount, or maybe the rear one... Any ideas?
