I got my trans out. Both my trans mount were busted. The rubber wasnt even attached to the mount. You could pull the trans off the cross memeber with out unbolting it. I pulled the front of the TC housing off and one of the ears on the TC was busted off. The piece was between the seal and the TC.

I was thinking about going with the solid mounts. Any cons with doing so?

 

vibration

 

Solid mounts? Why when things are breaking now, would those be better?

 

I am not sure why the ear on TC broke. Best guess would be movement from the old mounts being broken. She may have hit a large bump causing it flex. i am just looking at something a little more durable.

 

Factory stuff is durable.

Your lasted 30 years..right?

You wont stand solid mounts for 10 minutes.

 

Search on "transmission" AND "mount" and see what the big brains in this community think. I was reading them a couple weeks ago when I was thinking the factory design could be better. All of the comments I read thought solid would be a bad idea due to 600 lbs bouncing around back there and the energy that creates. It's got to go somewhere--better the mount than the driveline.

FWIW - I just finished installing new mounts yesterday and it was surprising (to me) so see how much lateral flex they have.

That said, $260 each is unadulterated crap. The price has tripled in ~3 years. The sooner someone finds that a Volvo, Ford, Chevy mount will fit, the better.

 

Solid mounts in a street car sound like a recipe for breaking something else much more expensive.

$260 isn't cheap, but neither does it leave a lot of room for creating something new. Maybe rebuild the factory mounts? I think I would bite the bullet and go factory rather than learn what unexpected difference in a new mount doesn't work.

 

Where do I go to get mine rebuilt?

 

Not been done yet.

When they were dirt cheap 12mo ago..was no value in trying.

Now..someone might try. Just nobody has yet. (Or reported success)