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I'm sure that this has been beat to death and I will try and watch videos, but I'd like to hear from those who have actually done it.
Considering my winter projects and looking at replacing the body mount cushions. How difficult is it? How many jacks and where should I lift? What sequence, little things that I need to be aware of, or careful about? Will I need to glue/rebond anything? Is it a one man job, or will I require help?
Any information and help is appreciated.
I did all of mine along with a whole lot of other things that came up once I got the body jacked up. Replacing just the body mount cushions was my plan and I ended up restoring the entire frame and suspension. I am happy that I did it in the end. The car is still not on the road but I'm making steady progress. You can just lift it a little to slip the new body mounts in if that is all that it needs but the hardest part is getting all of the bolts to release without spinning the cage nuts The #1 is easily accessible. The #2 and #3 are the real challenging ones. If you can loosen those up without breaking free the cage nuts then it will be ok. If the cage nuts break free and the bolts spin you'll have to cut off the heads of the bolts and lift the body high enough to repair the cages. The #4 cage is also susceptible to breaking free because the cage nut is riveted to the fiberglass inside of the rear pockets in the interior. If the #4 cages break free they can be accessed by squeezing yourself into the rear cargo area and riveting the new cages in. You'll need help with the #4's if putting it back to stock form. As an alternative you can replace the #4 cage nuts with large neoprene washers, steel washers, and nuts. The first step is to start soaking everything down with PB Blaster or a good penetrant. The trick is to get it into the frame cages and to do that you'll need to shoot the spray into a hose or something similar to get it to go where it needs to go. You can reach the #1 and the #4's easily with the spray can. I would start by soaking everything every few days for at least a week to let the penetrant do it's job.