Jacking up the motor with a Jack to change motor mounts

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Sep 21, 2009 | 05:07 PM

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zoomin

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I did mine at the same time as installing the turbo, only took about 1.5 hours to do both sides and was pretty easy compared to some on here. But I also did it sober and only cursed once, ha ha!

Sep 23, 2009 | 09:01 AM

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Side question-- how do you all jack up your cars without messing up your frame? I use a floor jack and bent my frame pinch points up a lot :(

Sep 23, 2009 | 09:05 AM

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I use a floor Jack too. I jut put it right where the stock Jack goes. I did bent the crap out of my frame rail tho. Now I have metal frame rails from flyin Miata so I can just Jack the car up right on them.

Sep 23, 2009 | 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rushin

+1...put in my frame rails yesterday, and used them as jacking points when coming down off jackstands.

They're a little lower though, and require "lifting" car a little to get the jack out.

Sep 23, 2009 | 04:27 PM

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If you thread all 3 bolts into the block by hand a few threads then the other side through the subframe then repeat on the other side its not very hard. Tighten everything last when its all together.