Motor Mounts - Side Specific???

[Tito]

I am looking to button stuff up but have a few questions...

1. My motor is really close to the firewall on the driver side, the valve cover gasket actually touches the firewall. Are the motor mounts side specific? I didnt think they were so I didnt sweat it when putting the motor in but it is just kinda close over there.

2. Anyone know what size plug I need for my block mounted dipstick? I used a pan mount and need to plug the block.

 

[ken75ranger]

Mine did too. Pull the driveline forward as much as the mounts allow. It might gain you a 1/4 inch. Cut off the tab on the valve cover gasket near the firewall.

 

[firemanbuttsy]

I think im running into the same problem you are. Is the motor closer in the rear on the drivers side than the passenger or just tight all the way around? Everywhere I talk to says the mounts are not side specific.

 

[BroncoMarc]

I think some motor mounts ARE side specific. Someone was changing motor mounts at Moab at the 40th and ran into this problem. He put the new mounts in and was having problems. They took them back out and compared the old ones to the new ones and one of the old ones was different, but the new ones were the same.

(update) Hmm.. I just checked Autozone and Advanced auto and they both say that both sides take the same mount.

 

[Tito]

It is right on the firewall on the driver side but the passenger side has tons of room.

 

[Tito]

Yeah they told me at napa that they were the same too but you don't quite find the knowledgable service you used to find a decade ago, just distributors now.