Question about solid motor mounts and tranny removal

[spooldup]

Just wondering. With stock motor mounts you can let the tranny hang down a bit to get access to the top bell housing bolts because the mounts are rubber right? So if you switch to solid mounts how do you get to the top bolts seeing as how the motor won't move?

 

[MikeRenz]

get at them w/ a wrench from above. I just sit on the motor and reach down behind it.

 

[ItsMyTy]

yea i use box end wrench, sometimes a stubby wrench from the bottom and top

they shouldnt be very tight, 35lb/ft or so

 

[SYO237]

long extensions and good aim.

 

[scotts4]

i just did my tranny and i have solid mounts . I used a lift but a long extention with a swival socket worked fine .

 

[JSM]

i just did my tranny and i have solid mounts . I used a lift but a long extention with a swival socket worked fine .

 

[ed hess]

motor mounts dont matter. just undo 2 body mounts on drivers side of cab, lift cab an inch or so and take bolts out. even the service manual says to do this.

ed

 

[MikeRenz]

motor mounts dont matter. just undo 2 body mounts on drivers side of cab, lift cab an inch or so and take bolts out. even the service manual says to do this.

maybe for a sy...

 

[spooldup]

Thanks guys. So i guess it's not that bad. How does the truck feel with solid mounts? Vibration?

 

[MikeRenz]

did you get a solid tranny mount to match your motor mounts?

I've ridden in a sy w/ all solid - no vibrations out of the ordinary. His exhaust resonance tone was way louder - but i doubt thats really a factor of the mounts

 

[spooldup]

no i didn't. Who sells them? Can i use a solid mount for the trans and not for the motor if i don't install my new engine right now?

 

[MikeRenz]

You can, but most people match up the type of mount their using. The solid tranny mount may be slightly different size than the poly mount if i recall?