Hi Guys

This is a question I guess for those who have taken out there engine before or may be routinely do it . When taking the engine and transmision mounts off I noticed the lower seats had been totally pounded inside out .. As far as I know the cup seats face up on the lower side of the mount and face down on the upper side of the engine mount ( my Sc does not have an upper one for the transmision. In every case ( all 4 ) of my lower seats are now mushroom shaped as they have been pounded .. is this somwhat normal or is it indicitive of another problem. Also can I just take a hammer and pound them back to their original shape ?

Thanks for any input ...

 

Iceman,

Cool, did you take out your engine? I am not sure what you mean by lower seats. I think you mean those cup shaped washers? My tranny washers were a little bent and my engine ones were all nice. I replaced my mounts but I don't know how to tell if they made a difference. I left all the washers alone and just cleaned them up and spray painted them. Can you show us a pic? Hope that helps.

 

er no James .. the engine is still in their .. sorry ... but the lower seats or " C washers " were bent out of shape as you describe. Un frtunately I don't have a pic as they are back in the car .... hmmm ..wait a minute .....

 

okay this is the drivers side . I hooked the camera underneath . see how it is not " cupped" anymore but pounded out the other way ?

 

Could this be due to jacking the car up by the engine ? this is the only thing I can think that would cause it ..

 

I just looked at my car and I see what you are talking about. My lower seat was not bent at all. The tranny mount keeps the washer away from the body by about 1/2 inch. The only thing I think that would do that is lifting the engine and removing the engine mount at the same time, i.e. unbolting the engine mount from the body. Then the engine mount wouldn't be able to keep the seat away from the body and then the weight of the car would be on the lower seat. But I don't think it is a major structural problem. I am not sure of the function of the lower seat other than to keep the engine crossbar from directly contacting the engine mount.

 

Well I guess we will wait for the experts .... what .... does Pete take weekends off ? BAsed on what you told me I think I am going to just pound it back.

 

Here is a pic of mine now. (man it got dirty in there quick!)

 

yours look fine .. wanna trade :-)

 

Hey I wonder if I could just flip mine over ?

 

Sure I'll trade. Just drive by this weekend.

Hmm, do you think it was upside down at some point?

 

All fixed , they may have been upside down you never know .. I gave mine a whopin' with my hammer and all iis good. I noticed a little bend on the transmision ones too so I will straighten them outt omorrow ... and give it a nice coat of Blue paint ... I know how Pete just loves the Blue. :-)