Monday, April 9, 2018

The continuing saga of the broken engine mount

Yesterday I showed you a picture of the broken piece on the engine mount.  Last night Drew sprayed CRC, a sort of oil and lubricant, all over the engine mounts to let it absorb into the metal.  Hopefully that would make it easier to remove the huge bolts. 

We followed our usual Sunday routine of getting the NYTimes at Starbucks.  We ordered sous vide eggs, classic coffee cake and a latte for breakfast.  We took a break visiting McKee gardens




We stopped at Home Depot and Lowe's for mega wrenches to work on the bolts to remove the engine mounts.

And as soon as we got back he used these.

Around  5:30 pm he succeeded.




A good engine mount on another corner with the foot intact.  We are going to replace all four.  A friend said that his foot broke more than once so he had a welder custom make one.
We also noticed that the one that broke said 150 when it was supposed to be 200.

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