Hi all...can anyone refer me to a "how to" thread on replacing the 2 inner mounts on my 74 2.0 liter? The round rubber ones. Looks like the nuts are very difficult to access.
Thanks,
Mike

They are difficult. It helps to have a variety of 13 mm wrenches to bring to bear on it. Can be done though. Sorry I do not have a step by steb, but am trying to offer encouragement. Tell you one thing: worn out mounts will make shifting gears an endless nightmare.

Don't know about a thread, but...

1) Support the car on jackstands at the rear
2) Support the engine with a hydraulic jack and a fairly wide block of wood (to distribute the stress on the aluminum case)
3) You can either drop the entire engine bar, or unbolt it from the mounts, then raise the engine about an inch.
4) Replace the mounts (it takes a little patience and finagling to get your hands and tools in there, but it can be done) It may be easier at that point to unbolt the steel mount "holders" from the case, then install the new mounts in those, then bolt them back to the case.
5) Reattach the engine bar and bolt the bottom of the mounts back to it
6) Lower the engine and snug up the engine mounts
7) Remove jackstands and

Thanks guys....appreciate it.

When I did mine I used a small 1/4" drive socket wrench to fit up in there. It was a tip I picked up on these forums and it helped. It's a PITA and takes some patience. I think it was the passenger side that was much more difficult to reach.

I removed the oil filter, and let it drip for a while. That allowed me to reach in from the passenger's side and get a socket or wrench on the upper fasteners. It was tedious, something like 1/12 of a turn at a time.

--DD

Sounds like this will be fun!!!

That thing about not knowing what you don't know.......

I am getting a subtle left right shutter from the engine that has come on recently. Am I right to think engine mount worn out?