Imagine what might happen if the lil' four-banger was really torquey! It
could really leave some nasty dings under the bonnet! Not to mention the
hoses, cables, exhaust, fuel lines, et al!
Greg Hendrix
Downingtown, PA
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
[mailto:dougnad@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 4:40 PM
To: Greg Hendrix
Subject: Re: Noisier after bump
It's nice to know that the motor won't twirl around if the mounts fail!
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 04:10 PM 9/8/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry my post is a little late - I've been out and am just not catching up
>on my digests.
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>I was traveling merrily along in my '80 Spitfire shortly after I got it
when
>I hit a section of blacktop that was being re-surfaced. They had ground
away
>a few inches perpendicular, across the lane, and when I dropped off and
then
>back up, the jar was substantial. I noticed an exhaust type
noise/vibration,
>and thought the worst. Actually, the right motor mount had given way and
was
>sitting metal-to-metal (the rubber had broken and separated). Less than $20
>and about an hour after beginning, two new motor mounts fixed the problem.
>
>YMMV.
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>Regards,
>
>Greg Hendrix
>Downingtown, PA
>'80 Spitfire
>'74 Spitfire project or parts car for sale
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