Steve G

Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
every thing straight anyway.


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
>I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
>
> It has an outrigger mount likely too.
>
> You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> my head....
>
> I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> to try and get the old mount to slide out.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Steve G wrote:
>>
>> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
>> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
>>
>> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
>> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
>>
>> thanks guys!

Steve G

Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
every thing straight anyway.


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
>I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
>
> It has an outrigger mount likely too.
>
> You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> my head....
>
> I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> to try and get the old mount to slide out.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Steve G wrote:
>>
>> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
>> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
>>
>> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
>> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
>>
>> thanks guys!

Steve G

Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
every thing straight anyway.


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
>I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
>
> It has an outrigger mount likely too.
>
> You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> my head....
>
> I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> to try and get the old mount to slide out.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Steve G wrote:
>>
>> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
>> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
>>
>> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
>> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
>>
>> thanks guys!

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III

Maybe four: http://www.----------.com/cj7stablizerMount.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III

Maybe four: http://www.----------.com/cj7stablizerMount.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III

Maybe four: http://www.----------.com/cj7stablizerMount.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.

Mike Romain

Just be careful with the engine mounts. They are reverse of each other
on either side of the engine so their safety loop limits the sideways
movement of the mount's rubber. That is so you can't just tear them
apart first time you hit low range.

I also highly recommend you get OEM mounts, not aftermarket ones. I
totally destroy aftermarket mounts on mine. I literally shattered the
last one. The rubber was still holding, but the metal plates were
crumbled.

Mike

Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
> >I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> > the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> > down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> > a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> > and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
> >
> > It has an outrigger mount likely too.
> >
> > You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> > front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> > though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> > off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> > my head....
> >
> > I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> > to try and get the old mount to slide out.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > Steve G wrote:
> >>
> >> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
> >> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
> >>
> >> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
> >> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
> >>
> >> thanks guys!

Mike Romain

Just be careful with the engine mounts. They are reverse of each other
on either side of the engine so their safety loop limits the sideways
movement of the mount's rubber. That is so you can't just tear them
apart first time you hit low range.

I also highly recommend you get OEM mounts, not aftermarket ones. I
totally destroy aftermarket mounts on mine. I literally shattered the
last one. The rubber was still holding, but the metal plates were
crumbled.

Mike

Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
> >I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> > the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> > down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> > a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> > and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
> >
> > It has an outrigger mount likely too.
> >
> > You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> > front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> > though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> > off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> > my head....
> >
> > I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> > to try and get the old mount to slide out.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > Steve G wrote:
> >>
> >> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
> >> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
> >>
> >> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
> >> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
> >>
> >> thanks guys!

Mike Romain

Just be careful with the engine mounts. They are reverse of each other
on either side of the engine so their safety loop limits the sideways
movement of the mount's rubber. That is so you can't just tear them
apart first time you hit low range.

I also highly recommend you get OEM mounts, not aftermarket ones. I
totally destroy aftermarket mounts on mine. I literally shattered the
last one. The rubber was still holding, but the metal plates were
crumbled.

Mike

Steve G wrote:
>
> Thanks.. thinking about replacing all three mounts at same time to keep
> every thing straight anyway.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44300EAB.18B23BAA@sympatico.ca...
> >I would be checking the engine mounts first. You can have someone watch
> > the engine as you let out the clutch in 1st while holding the brake
> > down. Do the same in reverse. If the engine lifts on either, you have
> > a busted mount. To check the tranny mount, I just lay under and lift
> > and push on the tail piece to see if it moves around.
> >
> > It has an outrigger mount likely too.
> >
> > You can put a jack or axle stand under the tailpiece or right at the
> > front of the tranny/skid plate to hold it up, but I shudder at the
> > though of trying to remove a skid plate that old. Visions of grinding
> > off nuts, spun nutserts and snapped bolts and welders keep going through
> > my head....
> >
> > I think I would try and undo the mount, then lift up on the tail piece
> > to try and get the old mount to slide out.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >
> > Steve G wrote:
> >>
> >> Whats the best way to change one of these? I have a 76-cj5 and the shift
> >> lever moves considerably when the engine is under a load.
> >>
> >> I was just wondering how to support things while the skid plate is
> >> removed..doesnt it hold the tranny and TC up?
> >>
> >> thanks guys!

Steve G

Hey mike.. any chance youd have a pic of crumbled (metal plates) mounts? im
not sure i understand how you mean?

I got my engine mounts in today.. gonna wait for weekend for the tranny. The
engine maounts seemed to have helped though. One of them fell in two pieces
when it came out.

Thanks guys!