How do motor mounts work?
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Topic: How do motor mounts work?
Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Subject: How do motor mounts work?
Date Posted: April-20-2005 at 10:01pm
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I suspect I may need to align my engine after I re-install my trans. It looks like the alignment is adjusted from the front mount. It looks like side-to-side adjustment is adjusted by loosening a clamp, circle A on the pic, and forcing the engine sideways, perhaps with a large pry-bar.
It looks like there is an upper and lower (not in view) slotted screw locked by a nut for up and down adjustment (circle B). Large corrections may be made by selecting bolting holes in the bracket (circle C). Have I got it right? What do I do with the rear (trans) mount while all of this movement is taking place?  ------------- Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang |
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Posted By: jameski
Date Posted: April-21-2005 at 12:45am
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That setup is different than mine, but it looks like a really good one. You have LOTS of adjustment up-down-left-right, so you should be able to align without changing your rear mounts. My COMMANDER has adjustments on all four, but they are not as easy, nor will they move as far as yours. ------------- current boat http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1977 - 94 Sport Nautique previous boat http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=601 - 78 Martinique |
Posted By: 66polyhead
Date Posted: April-21-2005 at 3:04am
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If you pulled the trans., and not the engine, why would you have to adjust the engine mounts? If you reference mark the trans mounts, or better yet just take out the four bolts that attach the trans to the mount, you won't have to adjust anything. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=220&yrstart=1925&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - KY Wildcat |
Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: April-21-2005 at 10:50am
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Is this on your '66? Looks like you've got horizontal and vertical adjustments. Not the same mount as mine. Take that fram oil filter off and get a FL-1A. Does that ribbed hose have wire inside? If it does, when it gets very rusty take it off and hit it with a hammer and shake the pieces out and put it back on. ------------- Tim D |
Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Date Posted: April-21-2005 at 12:43pm
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Thanks Tim. I now know about the Fram - it will come off. That ribbed hose does not have wire in it. The last hose (the one that came on the boat from the previous owner) did and the wire rusted, broke up, and damaged my raw water pump. And you are looking at the left side motor mount of my '68. I didn't even suspect the mount was adjustable until I read some posts on this forum.
...and I am still not 100% sure if is - it just looks like it is. I have not yet begun any work on my '66. The '66 just sits and I just stare at it. ------------- Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang |
Posted By: nates78ski
Date Posted: April-26-2005 at 5:23pm
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If there is no wire in that hose it may be a problem. That is a suction hose and under high rpm it may collapse from high suction. The engine alignment should be checked at the begining of very season and the alignment may change when the boat is on a trailer & in the water. The best time to check it is after the boat has been in the water for a day ot two(I know thats hard when you trailer all the time). I hang my boat in a boat house then checj the alignment. The specs should br .003" vertical & horizontal. ------------- Nathan http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1463&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1978&yrend=1978" rel="nofollow - My '78 Ski Nautique <a href="http://photobucket.com/Nates78ski" rel="nofoll |