damn engine mount boltage, ideas??

[daveb6285]

am in the middle of an engine transplant and found the engine mounts were pants and needing to be changed, took the passenger side off, it was mega tight but using brute force, pshycology, a scaffold bar and a frickin enormous hammer is gave in, now, the drivers side seems to be tough as a tough mans nuts can be,

I have tried :
tons of wd40
the old hot water/cold water technique
the tightening it up to undo it (it didnt move)
heating it till it glows
a torque wrench
4x 14mm sockets (now all perfectly round)
3x nut gouges (as above)
a 6 bar air wrench
an 8 bar impact gun
have burnt out 1 compressor
bent 2 extendable bars
bent 2 knuckle bars
broken a drimmel
cutting it out from above with a resipro saw

so, the nut is now round, so using a nut splitter and the resipro have cut 1/4 out of it and bashed frick out of it with a hammer and it still will not move!!

and before any one says yes i am turning it anti-clockwise

any ideas anyone????

[Jon_E30]

Look's like you'll have to chizzle the rest of it off dude, good luck

[daveb6285]

aw man what nightmare, never have i ever found a nut this tight, i'm gunna be up all night wiv a chizzle i can see it!, the neighbours r gunna luv me

[MJG]

Toyt...



Yesh?

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is the engine allready out and the mounts are attached? or is the engine still in the car?

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Originally Posted by MJG

Toyt...



Yesh?

Would you like a shmoke and a pancake?

[daveb6285]

loike a tiigre yesh!!!,
the engine is out, sort of floating above the bay

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Originally Posted by daveb6285

loike a tiigre yesh!!!,
the engine is out, sort of floating above the bay

Theres your problem, You need an engine lift not a bunch of bloody tic tac buddies!

Seriously though, I assume then if its hovering above the engine bay, you loosened the engine mount bolts from underneath? and were able to raise it that way? I would have suggested dropping the engine back into place and using a 14mm socket however i see that we are beyond that point now...............

Angle grinder? Or HUGE drill and drill the feckers out? done that a few times.


If the bolts fricked then just go with the chisel/grinder/drill thing if not, then drop engine back into place and loosen the bolt with the weight off it.

[daveb6285]

other way round, its the lower ones that are the problem, as i removed the top bolts, i'm thinking big drill, and if that fails engine fully out AGAIN, and grind the fricker to engine mount hell!

[initial_j]

you turning it the right way? lol

[chunk]

Chisel the fecker off!

[daveb6285]

clockwise right! ,
i'v been bashing it it wont break its made of some fricked up nissan spunk cryptonite metal!

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BIG DRILL FTW!

[chunk]

Just swop the complete subframe

[daveb6285]

Originally Posted by chunk

Just swop the complete subframe

lol that a great idea, where did ya think of that? Its prob easier to remove that then reposition the engine!

[darthpalmer]

These things are my new favourite tool. Never encountered a rounded nut they couldn't remove

[daveb6285]

Originally Posted by darthpalmer

These things are my new favourite tool. Never encountered a rounded nut they couldn't remove

usually they are ace, they are the gougers I'v been using and now mine are smooth and round inside!!

[gaz_moose]

cut the rubber engine mount in half (get covered in silicone spunk) then angle grind/drill the stud out from the rear.

[daveb6285]

Nice one gaz that is exactly what i am doing, its very nearly out!!

[daveb6285]

cheers for all your help guys, its is now removed and in one million bits