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Title: Samurai engine/tranny mounts
Post by: spyder0069 on May 26, 2008, 02:51:47 PM
I am rebuilding a 88 samurai that someone else tore apart and need some info on mounts.  I dropped the engine in today and bolted up the engine mounts and got it running.  But it seems like there is a lot of vibration or looseness.  Looking underneath the tranny I do not see any solid mounts for this.  Is this correct or am I missing an extra crossmember?  It has a round bar going accross the frame underneath it but I don't really see anything else attached to the tranny.  Just the attachement to the motor and to the transfer case.
Title: Re: Samurai engine/tranny mounts
Post by: pidder on May 27, 2008, 06:51:08 PM
You should have another cross member that goes across the frame just in front of the transfer case.  It should have a rubber transmission mount that will catch the rear of the transmission.  That would isolate any movement or  vibration from the tranny.   Hope that helps. 
Title: Re: Samurai engine/tranny mounts
Post by: spyder0069 on June 01, 2008, 11:57:32 AM
Thanks.  I did find that and double checked the t-case and it was solid.  The tranny mount looked in one piece and took some effort to push up on it so I am guessing its ok.  Maybe the motor mounts are just getting soft.  I had a major issue with the engine and a bad rod that basically became a shattered piston.  I issume before that happened the bad rod could have been introducing the vibration so maybe the mounts are fine.   ;D