Earth1 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I wheeled the crap out of my tuck yesterday. After crossing a creek and a short rock section, I broke a motor mount. I finished the last 3 hours of pretty rough trail with a ratchet strap around the mount and frame and it got me out with no problems. I also broke at least one other manifold stud. So... any advise on finding/replacing the mount? I thought I would try to lift the engine a little with a floor jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Yeah, thats pretty much the ticket... Jack up that side of the truck also and remove the wheel... It's a straight shot in like that. Motor mounts shouldn't be expensive so a stealership would probably be ok, but you can prob find them cheaper on line. Try here http://www.maximumautoparts.com/NI_cat.html and here, I've had good luck with them... http://www.nissanmart.com/ I looked it up at the last link out of curiosity and Holy Crap, they want $110 for a '95 engine mount ! Thats where I found the cheapest OEM clutch parts... Better look around, but I think it's gonna cost you. $110, thats outrageous... GL Bud B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabod7 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 or you could go to like advance auto parts and get them cheap. i used to break 3-4 motor mounts a month in my taurus. the process was real easy. i think i jacked up the oil pan, then loosened front and rear mounts and jacked the engine up, then replaced the broken one. im not sure if its the same on a Pathfinder though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramithepimp77 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Hey there. I replaced my MM's not to long ago. I got my MM's for about 60-70 bucks from a place around here called "Discount Import Parts" (DIP). It works fine. I bought 2 when I only needed one. If the MM for an 89 is the same as a 92 (I think it is.... Aaron correct me if Im wrong cuz I prolly am) and you can't really find one for an alright price PM me and maybe we can make a deal. ANYWAYS... All you do is loosen the nuts and bolts, put a jack under the oil pan (with like a wood block or something), jack it up (NOT TOO FAR), pull the mounts out, put new ones in, attach, lower, tighten, and drive away. Now it SEEMS easy but it took me a while cuz of my ape hands! heres a link to when I did it. http://npora.ipbhost.com//index.php?showto...t=0entry19864 if you need a write up I could easily do it! I'm sure you won't though. Rami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 RockAuto has them for $73.79 Not sure of shipping costs or Parts America aka Schucks/Advance/Checker Auto Parts has them online for $93.99... buy and pick up locally (if available near you) or print the page and take it in for a price match. Not sure if Parts America or the affiliated stores will price match online sellers or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabod7 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 my taurus one was 93.77 at advance. but it also had a lifetime warranty. try and get one with a warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 i wouldnt put the jack on the oil pan its very thin and can dent it and stop oil from getting into the pump, the untake sits about an inch from the bottom of the pan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth1 Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 Thanks for the parts links guys. Couldn't see the pics Rami, probably a Macintosh thing (happens alot) I saw that link b4 I posted this, and was like... "man I wish I could see those photos". Still rollin with a strap for a mount, it'll have to do until next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramithepimp77 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 This is that post with working pics... "Well Ill show you what my motor mount looked like... New one... Old one (notice the stud)... Side by side next to my dirty fan... Its been broken since I bought my pathy back in April im pretty sure. Something used to hit the bottom of my feet when ever I gave it a good amount of gas. Turns out it was the exshaust pipe (connected to engine GO FIGURE) was hitting the floor and thats why I kept gettin exshaust leaks. You were right Bernard! The motor mounts were pretty easy to get to ESPECIALLY when I took of the tire. Since I spent so much time trying to figure out how to replace the darn thing I pretty much bolted it up and un-bolted it every which way. I found that it was easier to take out the bolts that connect to the engine first (black arrows)... than take the weight of the engine off of them with the ol' jack. With enough pumps you shuold be able to take out the last two bolts out (yellow arrows) and ease the whole mount and the little bracket out toward the front of your pathy. The blue arrow is where the stud bolts in to the bracket. You can either bolt it to the bracket while you have the whole thing in you hands OR you can leave it a little loose so that you can have some play while your trying to put the upper bolts back on. Then you will need an open ended wrench and some pretty amazing arm possisions" Hopefully that helps a LITTLE. If not let me know! Rami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth1 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Cool. Looks easy enough. I think I'll be ordering some with Packman5280, he broke one last weekend too. When we get them on, I'll follow up. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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