V8 Engine mounts

[Rayngie]

Hello,

Turns out I need to replace my engine mounts ( 02 V8 ), can anyone tell me if it's hard, easy, impossible?, what to look out for etc ( other than my hamfisted self ).

Is it simply a case of carefully jacking the engine up or is there more to it?

cheers,

Ray

[PhilipA]

Nup (relatively)easy on a RRC anyway and I assume same mounts.
Just loosen off the fan shroud, maybe take off the Fan, undo the bolts on the mounts and jack it up until you can remove the mounts.

I suggest that it might be easier to get the new mounts in if you cut the bolts down by say 1/3 as they are unecessarily long. Make sure you have correct nuts as different brands have UNCoarse, UNFine , metric etc.
Regard sPhilip A

[ariddell]

According to the RAVE workshop manual cd it's just a case of jacking up the engine and they should swap right out.

Not attempted it myself due to lack of equipment/decent workspace but looked reasonably straight forward.

[Utemad]

Take a look at the QT ones and you will probably never have to do it again.

[Rayngie]

Brilliant!, not all that bad then, thanks for the reply's, now i just need to get some.

Utemad, other than describing my physical features, what is a QT??

[Utemad]

A UK Land Rover mods place

Engine Mounts from Qt Services (http://www.qtservices.co.uk/region.asp?id=289)

I bought my Disco1 mounts from here
Rovacraft - Land Rover, Range Rover parts and accessories. (http://www.rovacraft.com.au/)
A site sponsor too.

[streaky]

QT make 'captive' engine mounts. They don't fail any where as much as regular mounts. And even if the rubber does split the mounts still retain their ability to keep the engine/gearbox in situ.
They are very popular with the racing fraternity.

[barney]

i bought some Jaguar engine mounts for my 110. they were about half the price and a harder rubber, last heaps longer.
my mate was working as the parts guy at Alto in artarmon at the time and had no trouble getting them.
i can find out part numbers if you're interested

[Rayngie]

Cheers Barney, that would be great, do you know if they would fit a D2?

[barney]

i'll see what i can do, i'll have to send off an email and wait for a slow response.

[Rayngie]

Cheers for that, let me know if anything turns up,

Ray

[dobbo]

I thought the mounts were allready replaced on your car when Mick owned it. Surely the couldn't have gone again?

[kitacooch]

had a look at the QT stuff, looks good but $ conversion is 50% which makes their stuff pretty exy.
Have heard of fitting normal mounts and then fitting chain with bolt over mount to prevent mount from being over stressed in 4wd situations.

[mrapocalypse]

D2 V8 mounts are made of marshmallow. They are a joke.

[Utemad]

The QT mounts will look cheap in a couple of years after having changed a bunch of the rubber mounts. Plus you don't have to do the labour over and over.

[Rayngie]

Dobbo,

yep they have gone, both of them!

Ray

[barney]

Rayngie,
the jaguar engine mounts i was telling you about are part number jlm1009
they are a liitle tricky to get in as the bolt threads are a bit longer than the LR ones, but with a bit of screw driver and jack work, they go in ok.