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A mate has one of my dream cars, and is struggling with engine noise. Various things have been tried, about the only thing left to have a go with is the engine mounts.
They about a million pounds each when (if) they turn up, apparently!
IIRC, someone either repaired or reinforced engine mounts with Tigerseal or similar?
Any experiences with this, or a cheaper-than-new refurb option? All help gratefully received!
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zeberdee
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Is there another vehicle that shares the mount ?
If you put a pic up of it/them on here , someone may recognise it from something else that’s easier to obtain .
Or suggest a custom route to take .
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Last Edit: Aug 9, 2022 8:56:35 GMT by zeberdee
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Castable polyurethane is cheap and easy to use for either custom or to repair mounts. This is a jig for Omega diff mounts, that have been NLA for years:  That jig is over the top for one offs, but I've done about a dozen pairs in it. Completed part  |
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Castable polyurethane is cheap and easy to use for either custom or to repair mounts. This is a jig for Omega diff mounts, that have been NLA for years: That jig is over the top for one offs, but I've done about a dozen pairs in it. Completed part love this kind of stuff, proper engineering |
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I'll see if I can get pics. It's an Alfa Romeo 155 Q4, lots of bits are similar to Lancia Delta Integrale IIRC
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merryck
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If you can get measurements of the part you could get a mould 3d-printed to cast the polyurethane in. I first saw people doing this with K11 Micra mounts, strangely. They took the old mount apart and cast it all in place without a jig or mould, so you might not even need one depending on the design.
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LowStandards
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I've just fixed some top mounts on my MGF with TigerSeal, replacements cost twice the car cost at £18, no one's got time for that!
Make sure they're impressively clean if you do it mind
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If you can get measurements of the part you could get a mould 3d-printed to cast the polyurethane in. I first saw people doing this with K11 Micra mounts, strangely. They took the old mount apart and cast it all in place without a jig or mould, so you might not even need one depending on the design. Sometimes I print them as is, depending on the part and geometery you can make an even better mount than OE because you can print in internal geometery in sealed areas. |
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melle
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Are they solid or hydraulic mounts?
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www.saabv4.com'70 Saab 96 V4 "The Devil's Own V4" '77 Saab 95 V4 van conversion project '88 Saab 900i 8V
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I've just fixed some top mounts on my MGF with TigerSeal, replacements cost twice the car cost at £18, no one's got time for that! If I could buy them for £18, I wouldn't be spending an hour per mount cleaning them up to fill with £10 of urethane. The one shown was for my car; the others I've done were sold for £50 a pair exchange. |
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LowStandards
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I had a half used tube of PU and it they took about 10 mins to remove and 10 mins to refit once cured
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Wow, thank you for all the replies!
Will keep you updated
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