motor mount change

AJ02

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I'm getting ready to change my motor mounts on a 2002 GTS and wanted to verify that the oil pan is strong enough to support the engine long enough to change the mounts if I put a piece of 2"x12" under the front edge and use a bottle jack/jack tray on my lift. I know a SB Chevy pan is strong enough, but don't want to damage the one on my Viper.
 

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I'm guessing the wedge blocks are for keeping the engine centered?

Driving that wedge up in there helps the tranny clear a brace when backing it out of the tunnel. Nothing to do with motor mounts per se, but if I dug long enough I could probably come up with a pic of jack under the pan while doing them. From my collection of thousands of pics of all the crap I do to my car.
 

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I just swapped my mounts this weekend... Used a jack under the oil pan - no issues as was mentioned.

Just an FYI if anyone searches, you'll need to take off the passenger side header (if you have M&M) to get enough clearance to pull out the mounts / bracket.

(Also, I loosened my cowl of the 4 screws and unbolted the front of my intake)

I was lucky enough to be able to loosen up the bolts when taking off the mounts w/ out shearing them. I read some of the other threads and was a little intimidated... it did ****, but it went smoothly. I know I could do it in half the time it took this weekend now that I know what needed to be done.

I didn't want to do anyting with my exhaust and I tried everything before realizing I had to take off my header.
 

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Marko, glad you got the mounts successfully swapped out. What condition were the old mounts in?
 
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