just changing them shouldnt be hard...although i can expect a hefty bill though



basically all you need to do is pull the engine....swap the mounts....reinstall



if youve never pulled an engine before it might be hard to do....but its basically a matter of draining the fluids, disconnecting oil and coolant lines, disconnecting the ecu wires, unbolting the tranny, and taking the mounts off from the chassis









and chris....... fc solids!?!?!

 

You can do it in the car... just unbolt the two 14mm's and jack up the engine. Then pull the 6 17mm's and remove the two mounts and put every thing back in reverse order.. Not that hard, but somtimes the 17mm's can be a paint to get out because there isn't much room to work..

 

You dont need to pull it.



Mabye thats a FC thing, but for FD's there is no need.



Dragon, I dont have to reuse thoes metal wrap around bracket thigns correct?

 

So,



How many hours of labor am I looking for changing these?



Thanks guys,



POM HB

 

nope , toss em...

 

Shouldn't take more than a hour at the most...

 

can i do it with a normal jack... or should i just wait until i get an engine lift? what would you say.... haha

on one hand i want to install them while my tranny and clutch are out... just more room,



on the other hand i know it would be alot easier using an engine lift...

 

you can use a normal jack, just use a short peice or 2x4 between the jack and the oil pan. and try not to dent it... It'll be harder to d with the tranny out however since the engine won't have anything to keep it from flailing all ove the engine bay..

 

oh...well you dont HAVE to pull it out



but sometimes it can be hard to get to the brackets with p/s and a/c and the twin turbos and all



for me it would prolly be eaiser to just pull it... :-p



on my car it would be a sinch to change them...jack engine up a bit and unbolt the brackets ....theres too much room





and speaking of doing it on my car... CHRIS MAKE FC ONES!

 

as long as you have the newer style brackets you don't even have to unbolt them do you? just unbolt the motor mount from the bracket and bolt the new ones in?