13/60 engine mounts

[CarlM]

My engine mounts are looking a bit scabby and no doubt ready for a change. I do remember tackling this job a long time ago.

Anyway my MO would be to place trolley jack under sump, disconnect the fuel flexi pipe, loosen nuts on mounts and raise engine on trolley jack. 

Any advice, pitfalls, or best mounts for the job gratefully received.

[johny]

oooh watch out, they can look bad but still do the job perfectly and may well outlast the new repro ones you buy! Try levering the engine to see how they perform...

[Colin Lindsay]

A jack with a good flat suitably broad piece of heavy wood under the sump will support the engine enough to swap the mounts. As Johny says new ones can be a bit hit and miss, modern rubber is rubbish but NOS items could also have been on the shelf for so long that they have perished too. If you find that the current ones are scabby but perfectly serviceable you can clean and repaint the metal, and the rubber can be improved with a smear of black silicone on a glove fingertip to fill in any cracks. 

[Pete Lewis]

if the rubber body is sound and still attached to the mount plate any flaking around the edges is 

quite normal 

as said its easy to find the replacements are worse than the old ones 

Pete

[Chris A]

The ones on my 13/60 look tatty but seem to work so they'll get left until they fail. I like the tip of the black silicone from Colin. I think I'll do that just before the next CT (MOT), including underneath, to distract the tester . . 

[CarlM]

Thanks chaps, approaching this in a circumspect manner appears to be good advice, what was that about if it ain’t broken….

[johny]

Well it is nice to get jobs done and know that youve got new components but against that you have to weigh up the quality of the replacements....