Thanks, Tom and you others who responded to my stupid question... I thought it
should be the left one, under compression, which would be unlikely to fail.
My left mount was in place only through the benefit of gravity, while the right
one was sound (and my heat shield had been in place).
Tired from doing an unexpected, premature clutch job, I knew I would get the
correct answer quickly, by just "throwing it out to the list" rather than
pondering the situation ;-).
Thanks again,
Dave
Thomas Walter wrote:
> The one under stress. :)
>
> Look at the fan. Notice how it has to rotate... the engine is trying to
> rotate the same direction.
>
> From the drivers seat... the one on the left is under compression, the
> one on the right is under tension. Seems reasonable the one one the
> right would fail first, but usually the little heat shield is missing on
> the exhaust manifold... so I find that the left side fails first due to
> heat.
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