New motor mounts
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Drifting
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From: Circleville Ohio
New motor mounts
Hey guys and gals did your steering feel different when you got urathane motor mounts mine feels like the cyl hitting one at a time. My old broken motor mount on the driver side came off in two pieces so it had broken .
The bad motor mount warped my fan(when it hit the bolt holding the shrouding) which is still hitting my shrouding a little . I cant get an electric fan right now but Jegs has some good air throwing fans not so costly and well above the HP I have In my L-48.
What do you think fix the old fan? or buy a newer higher air flow fan?
The bad motor mount warped my fan(when it hit the bolt holding the shrouding) which is still hitting my shrouding a little . I cant get an electric fan right now but Jegs has some good air throwing fans not so costly and well above the HP I have In my L-48.
What do you think fix the old fan? or buy a newer higher air flow fan?
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If you don't have cooling problems, the stock fan will still do fine....as long as it doesn't have any cracking at the hub fillets between the blades. Straighten the fan carefully, as a damaged one can fly apart and make nasty shrapnel. Your 'bent' fan shouldn't be hitting the shroud, unless the shroud has moved. Are you sure the mounts have aligned the engine properly? And if you are sensing a lot of engine vibration, check your harmonic damper to make sure the elastomer material in it is not cracked, broken, or hardened so much that it no longer functions properly; it should smooth out most vibrations from a stock L-48 engine.
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Drifting
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From: Circleville Ohio
She does get hot never thought about the HB good looking out.How should you align the motor mounts Mine had one way in and one way out no adjustment that I could see.My fan is moving ever so slightly on the clutch but no more than before ,could my tranny mount (not changed out yet(but going in ) be any part of the problem ?The engine did not seem to be even moving and yet it still hit the little bolts from the side of the shrouding (that are getting trimmed)it just barley is hitting one or both.I guess when I hit the gas hard enough to break the motor mount and hit the fan maybe the shroud moved some what will check that tonight.
Thanks for the help I was beginning to think other non-repair posts were hotter than my little problem so once again thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help I was beginning to think other non-repair posts were hotter than my little problem so once again thanks for the help.
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The mounts should be similar on both side...if they are installed correctly. I don't remember if 'right' and 'left' mounts are identical [or not]. There is a tranny mount at the transmission tail shaft. It should only affect up/down movement...not right/left. Do you have any way to show photos of the mounts as they are now?
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Drifting
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From: Circleville Ohio
Update took my fan sat it on a level surface spun it around TOAST 5 fins in the perfect spots 1/4 inch off the surface spin it one more time fan blade one inch off surface. I tried to bend them back down with no heat and they did not even bedge. so I went to the store bought and after market fan with a three inch spacer put it on and man what a diffrence it was blowing air well let me say I think my car will run cooler this summer. And it really looked some what stock.
