262/223 motor mounts on a 62

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » May 21, 2010, 1:02 pm

So the rubber motor mounts on my truck are in pretty rough shape. So much so that I cant even really tell what they originally looked like. My problem is that when I look up motor mounts in the catalogs, about half of them say I need one style for the front mount and another style for the mounts on the back. The other half say I use the same style mount on all 3 points. Do you guys have any insight as to which way is correct?

fmartin_gila · Post by **fmartin_gila** » May 22, 2010, 8:09 am

Mine uses the same one all three positions. Round bisquits with a tube to limit compression.

Fred

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » May 23, 2010, 6:05 pm

Sounds good. I'm just order 3 of the front mounts then and use them at all three points. Thanks.

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » May 27, 2010, 12:24 pm

I ordered three of the front mounts from Napa and for the most part they look correct. There are a few things that are buggin me though. The old mounts fit snug into the hole on the cross bar. The new ones are a bit smaller so there is more play between the rubber collar and the hole. Will this be a problem? Also, the old mounts didn't have a tube in them to limit compression and looking at catalogs, it seems that this is the only part of the mount that is not available. does any one have a few of these laying around or know where you can pick them up?

Post by **Greg D** » May 27, 2010, 12:30 pm

I may have a few spares.
By the time you pay to have the mailed you can probably just make new ones though. Get a piece of tubing that fits the bolt cut it to 2 3/16" and there you are.

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » May 27, 2010, 2:33 pm

would probably make sense to just make some if I keep these. Thanks for the measurement.

On the other hand, I think I know why the sleeve doesn't fit right. I was just looking at the Dennis Carpenter catalog and it does appear that there is a slight difference between the 1960 mound and the 61-64 mount. Looks to be just a bit bigger from the picture in the catalog. May have to go back to Napa and see if they have anything like that or maybe just buy new ones from DC.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » May 27, 2010, 3:20 pm

there are different rubbers that have a smaller nub. were used on some cars.i would be hesitant to use one smaller. reason being that it helps aligns the engine on those 3 spots.

Dennis Carpenters are made in USA
LMCs are Mexican.

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » May 28, 2010, 4:17 pm

I think I'm going to go ahead and return these to napa and order the ones from DC.

fmartin_gila · Post by **fmartin_gila** » May 29, 2010, 7:44 am

As I remember, I got the bisquits from DC for mine. When I got my pickup, there were no steel tubes in there and the engine was walking all over the place. I finally found one tube in a junkyard, and using it for a sample, I made two more out of 4130 Aircraft tubing. It does seem that the measurement was slightly less than 2 inches but don't remember for sure.

Fred

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » August 10, 2010, 8:01 pm

Finally got around to ordering some from DC and glad I did. They fit a lot better than the ones I had from Napa.

Who can guess wich one is the new one?

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ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » August 10, 2010, 8:12 pm

man, i need me some of those too. how bad did dc hit you on shipping?

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » August 10, 2010, 8:53 pm

ezernut9mm wrote:man, i need me some of those too. how bad did dc hit you on shipping?

best to get them from flashback f100s . Tom charges me actual cost, no gouging.

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » August 11, 2010, 1:35 am

I think shipping was about $10.

olliesshop · Post by **olliesshop** » August 11, 2010, 3:07 am

Here's how mine looked after 44k miles. I probably should replace mine too, eh? They really shouldn't be flattened out, right?

debauchee · Post by **debauchee** » August 11, 2010, 12:43 pm

The rubber seems to be pretty susceptible to oil. Mine where all pretty flat and the one in the picture had completely disintegrated which was causing the engine to tilt to the side and my clutch equalizing bar to not fit correctly.