Engine Mounting Points

[Guest]

After much work, oily clothes and cut hands my 1984 Porker 944 is ticking along nicely. Next up to be looked into is that the whole transmission tunnel has quite a swing in it (felt through the gearbox mainly) when switching from power-on to power-off. After a chat with a mechanic he suggested replacing the engine mounting points. The Haynes manual makes it look easy but does anyone have any experience of this and is it worth doing the gearbox mounting points at the same time?

 

[Fen]

There is only one transaxle mount and really it's so far from the engine that I can't see any movement being difficult to diagnose in terms of which. If the engine mounts fail the exhaust manifold will rest on the steering column and you'll know all about it. If the transaxle mount fails I'm not sure exactly the symptom but I suspect not much because it primarily seems to hang on the mount but be located by the torque tube and driveshafts.

 

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ORIGINAL: bkemp247

After much work, oily clothes and cut hands my 1984 Porker 944 is ticking along nicely. Next up to be looked into is that the whole transmission tunnel has quite a swing in it (felt through the gearbox mainly) when switching from power-on to power-off. After a chat with a mechanic he suggested replacing the engine mounting points. The Haynes manual makes it look easy but does anyone have any experience of this and is it worth doing the gearbox mounting points at the same time?

Tip number 1. The best use of a Haynes manual is as a door stop.

The proper Porsche manuals are all over the place on the internet. Download that and it'll show you how easy or otherwise the job is. You can download them from my website if you like. http://www.porsche-944.co.uk/944

James

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that JamesH. I have looked through the documents and they seem to have a lot mroe detail than the Haynes manual. I'll give them a read.

 

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ORIGINAL: bkemp247

Thanks for that JamesH. I have looked through the documents and they seem to have a lot mroe detail than the Haynes manual. I'll give them a read.

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Haynes manuals look fine on the book shelf. It's when you open them and read the words that the problems start.

The other benefit of the electronic version of the proper manuals is that you can print out the section that you need for the job, and not worry about getting them greasy. Just chuck them in the bin when you're done.