Today has been engine mount replacement day.
Met Office forecast for my neck of the wood was dry all day, well that was to be taken with a very large pinch of salt so made a start mid-morning.
All went well, for the most part, nearside came out nice and problem-free, offside not too bad either, getting at that pesky top nut is a challenge to say the least so removed the complete air box and it was massive help combined with a stuby angled ratchet spanner nut was off, no way it was going back on that easy.
All put back on nicely accept that impossible top nut, managed it in the end from below using new found angles of wrist and arm articulation..lol.
I was a bit concerned about alignment after messing around with the subframe as there is a special tool that is fitted into the mounts bottom brackets and hold the bracket and subframe in a fixed position whilst tightening all up, a quick scan in the toolbox and I'd found an old deep socket that was a perfect fit, job done.
All in 3 hours which included tea and biscuits, struggling with the top nut and finishing of in the issing rain, I knew I shouldn't have relied on the met office..
I seem to recall someone saying its a 2 1/2 hour job in a garage aswell so I didn't do too bad and wasn't rushing at it.
A Quik test drive and the old bus is back to its best, no bad vibes at all, almost civilised now.
The old ones were totally shot as you can see in the pics.
Onto the next job on the list.
