[DeTomaso] Busted motor mount bolt help needed

[redvobra at aol.com]

  I had two broken motor mount bolts on the passanger side. Was able to put a jack and some 2x4's (to spread the load) under the oil pan and jack up the motor enough to remove the motor mount bracket from the Pantera. Then I had free access to the bolts. Then used one of those bolt extractors (kind of like a reverse threaded drill bit) and the bolts spun out of the block.
 
 Put it all back together with some 50,000lb. ARP bolts. The engine had shifted a little, so I had to pry sideways on it (again with a 2x4) to get the bolt holes to align. Been fine ever since.
 
 -Chris
    
 -----Original Message-----
 From: RKMosier at aol.com
 To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; DeTomaso at realbig.com; Dalliance69 at aol.com
 Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 5:39 PM
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Busted motor mount bolt help needed
 
  I remember an old time machinist having this problem on some motion picture  

camera equipment and more importantly, I seem to remember someone on the forum 

 having this problem on a different bolt.  Someone, maybe Jack, will have a  

better idea.  

 

You at least would have to pull the mount off the car to get access.   Didn't 

someone suggest welding onto the remaining part of the bolt and then  

unscrewing it?  Somebody chime in here.

 

Richard Mosier ( I can't weld very well )

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