I aligned my engine today for the first time.
It seemed pretty straight forward. I just raised the engine several
turns of the motor mount jacking nuts until the alignment tool slid in
easily.

I noticed however that the rear motor mount screws appeared to be not
screwed down all the way, but they look like shoulder bolts and
perhaps they are supposed to look like the linked picture?

http://home.comcast.net/~johnchaplai..._eng_mount.jpg

Both sides look the same, as if the bolts are not fastened down all
the way. Is this the way ot should look or is something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

John C.

"John Chaplain" John wrote in message
...
I aligned my engine today for the first time.
It seemed pretty straight forward. I just raised the engine several
turns of the motor mount jacking nuts until the alignment tool slid in
easily.

I noticed however that the rear motor mount screws appeared to be not
screwed down all the way, but they look like shoulder bolts and
perhaps they are supposed to look like the linked picture?

http://home.comcast.net/~johnchaplai..._eng_mount.jpg

Both sides look the same, as if the bolts are not fastened down all
the way. Is this the way ot should look or is something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

John C.

I am no mechanic, but something does not look right. It seems the rear of
the engine could bounce up and down.

RCE

Aside from my dyslexic spelling in the last post I forgot to mention;

this is a 5.0l Mercruiser w/Alpha-one outdrive.




On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:11:22 -0500, John Chaplain John
wrote:

I aligned my engine today for the first time.
It seemed pretty straight forward. I just raised the engine several
turns of the motor mount jacking nuts until the alignment tool slid in
easily.

I noticed however that the rear motor mount screws appeared to be not
screwed down all the way, but they look like shoulder bolts and
perhaps they are supposed to look like the linked picture?

http://home.comcast.net/~johnchaplai..._eng_mount.jpg

Both sides look the same, as if the bolts are not fastened down all
the way. Is this the way ot should look or is something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

John C.

The mount looks fine to me. It has a metal spacer that goes between the
rubber mount and the bolt head. Just put a wrench on it and make sure it is
tight.

Justin


"John Chaplain" John wrote in message
...
I aligned my engine today for the first time.
It seemed pretty straight forward. I just raised the engine several
turns of the motor mount jacking nuts until the alignment tool slid in
easily.

I noticed however that the rear motor mount screws appeared to be not
screwed down all the way, but they look like shoulder bolts and
perhaps they are supposed to look like the linked picture?

http://home.comcast.net/~johnchaplai..._eng_mount.jpg

Both sides look the same, as if the bolts are not fastened down all
the way. Is this the way ot should look or is something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

John C.

Thanks Justin,
I thought it might be ok, I just felt it wise to be sure.

John C.

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:43:44 GMT, "Justin Webb"
wrote:

The mount looks fine to me. It has a metal spacer that goes between the
rubber mount and the bolt head. Just put a wrench on it and make sure it is
tight.

Justin


"John Chaplain" John wrote in message
.. .
I aligned my engine today for the first time.
It seemed pretty straight forward. I just raised the engine several
turns of the motor mount jacking nuts until the alignment tool slid in
easily.

I noticed however that the rear motor mount screws appeared to be not
screwed down all the way, but they look like shoulder bolts and
perhaps they are supposed to look like the linked picture?

http://home.comcast.net/~johnchaplai..._eng_mount.jpg

Both sides look the same, as if the bolts are not fastened down all
the way. Is this the way ot should look or is something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

John C.