Engine/Transmission Mount, Adjusting: Procedure

-- Remove the air filter housing. Refer to AIR FILTER HOUSING .

-- Remove the air filter housing bracket. Refer to AIR FILTER HOUSING OVERVIEW .

-- Remove the plenum chamber cover. Refer to Removal and Installation .

-- Remove the left and right lock carrier bracket rear bolts -arrows-.

Fig 1: Identifying Left And Right Lock Carrier Bracket Bolts

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-- Remove the lower mounts from the adapters 10-222 A/28 and replace them with the adapters 10-222 A/28-2.

Fig 2: Identifying Engine Support Bridge Adapter

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows- from the adapters 10-222 A /28-2.

-- Use the bolts -arrows- from the adapters 10-222 A/28-2 to secure the adapters 10-222 A/28 to the lock carrier. Do not use the bolts for the lock carrier brackets.

Fig 3: Identifying Engine Support Adapter And Adapter 10 - 222 A /28

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-- Tighten the bolts -arrows- to 8 Nm.

Install the engine support bridge as follows:

Fig 4: Identifying Engine Support Bridge

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1. Adapter 10-222 A/31-2
2. Moveable joint T40091/3
3. Adapter 10-222 A/31-1
4. Moveable joint T40093/4
5. Square pipe T40091/1
6. Adapter 10-222 A/28 with adapter 10-222 A/28-2
7. Bracket with spindle and hook 10-222 A/10

-- Install moveable joints T40091/3 (-2-) onto the square pipe of the engine support bridge 10-222 A.

• The moveable joint T40091/3 (-2-) bolts, when installed on the square pipe face the front.

-- Install the engine support bridge 10-222 A to the strut towers and have a second technician hold it to prevent it from falling over.

-- Install the moveable joints T40093/4 (-4-) onto the square pipes T40091/1 (-5-).

-- Install the square pipes T40091/1 (-5-) on the left and right sides, through the adapters 10-222 A/28 (-6-) and the moveable joint T40091/3 (-2-).

-- Install the bracket with spindle and hook 10-222 A/10 (-7-) to the right side square pipe T40091/1.

-- Install the rail with holes T40091/2 (-9-) with the mount T40093/5 (-10-) into the moveable joints T40093/4 (-4-).

Fig 5: Identifying Engine Support Bridge

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1. Adapter 10-222 A/31-2
2. Moveable joint T40091/3
3. Adapter 10-222 A/31-1
4. Moveable joint T40093/4
5. Square pipe T40091/1
6. Adapter 10-222 A/28 with adapter 10-222 A/28-2
7. Bracket with spindle and hook 10-222 A/10
8. Adapter 10-222 A/7
9. Rail with holes T40091/2
10. Mount T40093/5
11. Spindle 10-222 A/11
12. Shackle 10-222 A/12

-- Insert the locking pins into the rail with holes T40091/2 (-9-) and secure them with the cotter pins.

-- Tighten all threaded connections on the engine support bridge 10-222 A hand tight. Adjust the height of the engine support bridge 10-222 A parallel over the adapter 10-222 A/28.

-- Lengthen the right bracket with spindle and hook 10-222 A/10 (-7-) using the adapter 10-222 A/7 (-8-).

The hook on the adapter 10-222 A/7 faces downward and will be attached to the cylinder block later.

-- Attach the left spindle 10-222 A/11 (-11-) to the shackle 10-222 A/12 (-12-).

-- Position the spindles and hold the engine and transmission. Do not lift it.

-- Replace the engine mount to engine mount bracket bolts -arrows- one after the other (if the was not already performed when the engine was installed) and tighten them hand tight.

Fig 6: Identifying Engine Mount Bolts

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-- Replace the transmission mount to transmission mount bracket bolts -arrows- one after the other (if the was not already performed when the engine was installed) and tighten them hand tight.

Fig 7: Identifying Engine Mount To Engine Mount Bracket Bolts

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-- Loosen the engine/transmission mount to bracket bolts approximately 2 turns.

• Between the engine mount bracket -2- and right longitudinal member, there must be a clearance of 10 mm -a-.
  Fig 8: Identifying Casting Edge On Engine Support Location

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• The casting edge on the engine mount bracket -2- must be parallel to the engine mount support arm -1-, dimension -x- must be the same at the front and the rear.

-- The edges on the transmission mount support arm -1- and the transmission mount -2- are parallel on the transmission side.

Fig 9: Checking Edges On Support Arm And Transmission Mount Are Parallel

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• Dimension -x- is the same size on both sides of the mount.

-- Tighten the engine/transmission mount bolts. For the specifications, refer to ENGINE/TRANSMISSION MOUNTS OVERVIEW .

Further installation is in the reverse order of removal.