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Help lining up motor mounts

Hi again, I have a 84 Diesel Jetta I bought from a friend. He had wrecked it into a snow bank and it tore the drivers side motor mount off, ( broke the mount part on the trans), and knocked the front mount out that is at the starter. This basically all the damage that I can see. I replaced the trans rear section (5 speed), and tried to install the mounts. I removed the rear mount, and the axles, now I can't get the drivers side mount and the rear mount to go into place at the same time. I can get one in and the other is adout one half inch off. The motor kind of hangs from the drivers side mount and that one was very hard to get in place. The passinger side mount is in place, it never came out. So basically I have the other 3 to line up. I have been using a jack from underneath. Must I use a motor hoist from the top? And of course, something might be bent. Should this be such a big problem getting the mounts to line up all at once? Any help is appreciated. Thanks,

kevin

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Kevin
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Sounds like some progress is being made Kevin. That is good! Are all of the mounts' bolts/nuts loose? Yes even loosen the right side since the mounts/body might be slightly bent some. I would hang the engine from the right and left mounts loosely. Then install the rear mount, but I really forgot what the front mount looks like on an A1! :-) All I can remember is a rubber donut inside of a can to stop the engine from twisting up or down during those torque-ee moments. ;-)

later, dave Reminder........ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes. Frieda Norris

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dave

You're working on wrecked car that has not seen a body shop, right? Usually an impact that breaks the mounts has also bent the frame. It'll take a

*good* frame machine & a *good* bodyman (technician?) to put it back like it needs. HTH, ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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ThaDriver

You may be right. The frame may be bent. There is no obvious body damage to be seen, but I guess the frame still may be bent. I was hoping for the best. I'll give it another try or two.

thanks kevin

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Kevin

In what direction does the rear mount need to go to line up?

I found my Scirocco was bent when I tried to swap in power steering. Seems the PO had a front-ender, which shoved the engine/tranny assembly backward, moving the rear tranny mount...and since that's attached to the steering rack mount, it moved that too. 'Twas a beech to get back in place, I tell ya. had to cut open the floor under the driver's feet to beat it out, along with a 8' bar bolted to the mount, with my father-in-law bouncing on it. I got it pretty darned close that way. Hope yours is less of a job.

Ron

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Ron Pieper

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