Motor mount Issues & Picture
Well at 88,000 thousand Miles , I decided too change out the motor mounts , ( Even though they passed the throttle stretch test ) I didn't do a whole DIY thing. Thought that somebody had already done one with Pictures & tool list ? No so. My fault for not checking the DIY post in the header section. Mine took a little more time because of the headers and the pesky heat shields & guard brackets on the Drivers side. I put the ML up on Jack stands in my Home garage , Removed the front wheels and the plastic wheel house liners. 20 Minutes . Got out the cherry picker . Placed it over the motor .
On the driverside , I removed the heat shields & bracket. ( What a Pain in the A$$ ) That bracket also holds a P/S hi pressure hose , which will side out with alittle effort. I undid the lower mount nuts (16 mm hex ) on both sides , Then the upper mount section nuts on both sides.. Lifted the motor about 3". The passenger side was a breeze. Just had to work around the headers. I removed the motor block mount bracket. 4- # 10 mm screws with a E-12 torques Heads. Slide that bracket upward & outward. Removed the old mount, Install the new one & reversed the procedure. The Drivers side was alittle more involved. Again , I removed the engine block mount bracket . It had 6 - #10 torques screws , You also need to remove the air con compressor rear attachment bolt . And use a universal joint # E-12 torques socket for the most forward bracket screw. The Bracket was slide upward The mount came out with ease. Reverse procedure , Then lower the motor back down , Tighten upper nuts 18 mm Hex , then lower nuts 16mm Hex. No Hammers or pry bars needed . The whole job took about 4 hours. with hand tools , No Air tools used. So The mounts may seem good & pass the stretch test . But what you can not see , is they have compress & gotten soft . The new mounts retail for $41.00 I bought mine for $32.80 and they have improvements too!! Cheers _PTEnginnering