Tools for Replacing a Motor Mount

Series Summary

Your car is a complex machine made up of simple machines that have many different parts and processes that must be checked for breakage, leaks, and wear. When motor mounts wear out your engine can shake violently. Properly working motor mounts are essential for your engine. At some point you will need to remove and replace the motor mounts on your vehicle. Would you like to know how to remove and install a motor mount yourself? The process is not as complicated as it sounds, and makes a great do-it-yourself weekend project. In these free auto repair video instructions learn how to replace motor mounts from certified mechanic Nathan McCullough. Nathan will tell you what tools and steps are required for replacing a motor mount in your car. He will demonstrate how to support an engine when replacing a motor mount, how to unbolt motor mounts, how to remove motor mounts, how to install a motor mount, and how to attach the engine mount to the engine bracket.

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we're going to talk about the proper service procedure for removing and reinstalling a motor mount. In this step, we're going to talk about the tools required in order to remove and replace a motor mount. What I have in front of me here is my standard metric socket set. Magnetic tray, a block of wood and my heavy duty floor jack. A block of wood may seem like a little bit of an unusual tool for a mechanic, but what we're going to do with it is set it on top of our floor jack as a cushioning device. When you remove the engine mount, the engine is going to drop extremely suddenly and possibly damage some other connectors or hoses or parts of the engine. So what we'll do is slide the floor jack with the block of wood, our cushioning device, underneath the engine and jack it up for some support holding it in place while we service our engine mounts. These are the tools required in order to properly remove and reinstall a motor mount."