changing engine mounts and sikaflex

[bennjamin]

a jackstand with a piece of wood or similar to disperse the load will work. Or even a milk crate etc works fine.

[vinnY]

is it even safe to use a jack there for a day or two? i'm just a bit worried about a hydraulic jack letting go after a day or so in the same position
not sure if my wind up jack is tall enough to hold it

[bennjamin]

not a JACK , a JACK STAND.

Its metal and strong. Never use a JACK to support a engine or any part of a car for a extended period of time.

[vinnY]

damnit i only have 2 jack stands
guess i can see what else i can find around here, milk crate can hold it up for a whlie you say?

[e240]

you don't need to support the engine.
The top mounts and rear mount will hold it on just fine. just don't go for a drive

[vinnY]

but i need to change the passenger top mount, i think it'll sink once i take out the bolts that hold it in place, won't it?

[bennjamin]

yeah i think he meant the passenger side , which supports the engine.
You really should support the engine with a stand or similar while replacing one of the side mounts. Any of the torque mounts can be replaced with the engine as is and not supported.

[dsp26]

just get another set of stands... supercheap have a sale on right now.

though i personally did use a wind-up jack to support a 5sfe camry/celica engine when i was doing the side mount for a day.... oh and used a piece of wood too...

i used the big jack that came with the camry... and besides it's only holding partial weight of an engine not the whole car.....

that's a risk i took though and it's fine......upto you....

[vinnY]

2 old steelies plus a piece of wood seemed to do the trick
here we go!




super duper uber broken mount, hopefully sikaflex will fix it enough for now, just a matter of waiting now. on that topic does anyone know how i can speed up the curing of the sikaflex? oven?

[dsp26]

^^^lol you got conned into getting the white ones too. they usually come in black but they ended up releasing a white one.. you can only tell by looking at the barcode.

but man... your old mounts look munted hard!! lol

[vinnY]

yeah its all good though, i'm a function over fashion guy most of the time

its nuts, no idea how the mount became like that, but i suppose i found out why i always got axel tramping on take off
we'll wait until it cures and whack it back in, hopefully it gets rid of the sound

oh and how do you tell the black/white barcodes apart? worth looking at next time if i decide to do it for someone else

[dsp26]

yeah its all good though, i'm a function over fashion guy most of the time

its nuts, no idea how the mount became like that, but i suppose i found out why i always got axel tramping on take off
we'll wait until it cures and whack it back in, hopefully it gets rid of the sound

oh and how do you tell the black/white barcodes apart? worth looking at next time if i decide to do it for someone else

yeah let us know how it goes... i'm just not bothered to do it on my honda right now as i'm not too familiar with the bits.. espesh the removal of the rear mount.


as for the barcode... can't really tell you off the top of my head, all i know is they have a seperate barcode on the shelf at bunnings.. they say BLK/WHT correspondingly.