1990 740 GL Wagon Motor Mount Purgatory -- Help!

e777 · Post by **e777** » 31 May 2009, 14:48

Hello,

I am midway through replacing the mounts, that is the top nuts are off the mounts and the engine is lifted up. The problem is the mounts won't budge. Are there underside nuts to be removed? I couldn't see any and Hayne's doesn't mention any. Perhaps some prying would be appropriate?? Help!

Thanks,

Eric
90 740 gl
265K

Post by **vegasjetskier** » 31 May 2009, 15:29

I don't know if this will help, but this is what VADIS shows for the engine mounts:

740MotorMounts1990[1].pdf: (115.18 KiB) Downloaded 119 times

e777 · Post by **e777** » 01 Jun 2009, 14:19

Thanks, vegasjetskier. After posting my question I returned to the car and realized that the mounts are attached to brackets which in turn are mounted to the chassis. The brackets must come off in order to reach the underside nut holding the mount to the bracket. The PDF you posted shows such a bracket, although it is different than in my '90 740 wagon.

Cheers,

E777