I have a standard factory V8 and replaced the rubber mounts a few years ago
as a matter of course whilst returning the steel mounts to their correct
sides (!). I immediately noticed that the gear lever moved less under
accelleration than before, and concluded the old ones must have softened up
with age. A few years later, after one particularly joyous burst of
accelleration through the lower gears, I noticed the gear lever moving a
huge amount - the LH rubber had parted company with its steel plate. Fit a
new pair, and whilst the gross movement had obviously gone, the lever was
back to moving about as it had been originally. Both sets were from the
same source - a V8 specialist. So, do I have incorrect ones (soft) now and
originally? Or were the middle pair overly hard and that was why they
broke? It's unfortunately made me a bit circumspect about using the power
now (although a friend with a tuned factory V8 has had no problem with far
more torque more frequently than I've ever applied to mine) and I'm
considering a steady bar.
Replacing them isn't that bad - the biggest faff is wiggling the engine to
get all the holes lines up.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Pontius <spontius@worldnet.att.net>
To: MGB-V8 list <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: Broken motor mounts
> Listers, and especially you big-engine guys,
> I just started to notice my shifter moving around a bit in first gear, put
> the car up on a lift and found that both rubber motor mounts are broken.
> It's the classic rubber torn away from the metal plate break.
> I got these hard V8-spec rubber mounts from Glenn Towery. They had a good
> firm feel and controlled engine torque very well...
> Anybody have any advice on replacements? It is going to be a major battle
> to get new mounts in there, and I only want to do this once, ever again.
> I hear that Moss can get V8 spec mount rubber now, anybody have experience
> with theirs?
> Glenn, the self-proclaimed master smasher of all things, what mounts are
you
> using now? Have you found any you can't break?
> Thanks...
>
> Scott Pontius
> '78 MGB V8
> 3.5l SD1, injected, all stock, LT77 trans, 3.07:1 rear
> San Diego
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