Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:16:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@RFAN.COM>
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From:         Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@RFAN.COM>
Subject:      Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Dennis

Great write up.  You always provide a wealth of information. Very much
appreciated.
Would a floor jack suffice to hold the engine up or would it be in the way?
When installing the new mounts, would they go in one at a time and then the
carrier bar or do the mounts get attached to the carrier bar and then to
the support bar. I assume the mounts go in separately, the reverse of the
way the came out...just seems like it might be difficult getting the top
bolt of the mount through the hole in the support bar and then threading
the nut on.

Thx
Pat


> On Dec 19, 2015, at 4:32 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Get you tape measure and some imagination. Measure the width of the
engine
> compartment opening and add 6 inches to each side. Measure how deep it is
> from the top of the compartment opening to that hole in the top of the
> engine case above the crank pulley.
> Go to local hardware or electrical supply and get a length of uni-strut
> 1-1/2 inch or some other suitable support to stretch over the engine
> opening.
> Get a 3/8 open hook as long as possible with some nuts and washers, You
will
> want it to able to hook onto the engine and go through one of the holes
on
> that support bar you making.
> Use the stuff to well, support the engine using the hole above the
pulley.
> Just take some of the weight off the mounts, gently.
> Remove the 4 10mm bots-nuts holding the mounts to the cross bar. You may
> need to remove the oil filter and hopefully someone didn't put the 2
middle
> ones in backwards making the exhaust pipe an obstacle. Also get that 8mm
nut
> holding on the heat shield.
> Remove the 4 nut-bolt-washer-plate assemblies holding the bar up. The bar
> will drop down now. It will take some negotiating to get it out pas the
rear
> exhaust pipe.
> Up top remove the belts. Using a long wobble extension and a quality 6
point
> socket you can get the 4 8mm nuts on the mounts.
>
> Use good hardware. For the support bar to engine note the original
> installation was with extra thick washers and all metal lock nuts. tness
>
> While there check the bracket to engine bolts for tightness. These
sometimes
> break. If replacing use P.C. 10.9 including rated washers.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Pat Spragge/RFAN
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
>
> I'm looking for best practices info on replacing my 4 rear engine mounts.
> Looking at Bentley it shows the mounts attached between the carrier
> (moustache bar) and the engine support. I had originally thought that the
> way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and remove
the
> carrier bar with the old mounts attached. Now I am not sure if I
should...
> 1) remove the carrier bar leaving the mounts attached to the engine
support
> and then remove them separately or...
> 2) remove the carrier bar with the mounts attached and then remove them
from
> the bar or...
> 3) remove the carrier bar, mounts, and engine support as a unit or...
> 4) someone's better method
>
> I'd like to avoid removing the cat and muffler if reasonable.
>
> Thx
> Pat
>
> Sent from my iPad