How to Install Motor/Tranny Mounts
Tools:
1. Impact gun if you have one
2. 19mm, 18mm, 15mm, 13mm, 10mm sockets/racthet/extensions
3. 21mm wrench(wratchet wrench preffered)
4. Jack/stands
5. Pliers
6. Prybar(may not be neccessary)
7. Flathead screwdriver
Items Needed:
1. Locktite(Red or blue)
2. Piece of wood
Installation:
(TRANS)
Start off with the trans mount. If you are installing FTP-Racing Adamantium mounts, you will be sorry you didn't put the trans mount in first
Start by removing the intake. Then using the 10mm, remove the teminal posts from the battery. A 13mm socket long extension/ratchet will get the single bolt behind the battery holding it to the tray. Pull the battery out. There is another 13mm bolt in the front of the battery tray, remove that as well. Now you will see 4 10mm bolts through the each corner of the battery tray. Remove all 4 bolts. Once those 3 things are out of the way, you should be able to see your existing tranny mount through the bracket. If you have a stock mount in there, you will need to remove atleast one 13mm bolt thats holding the battery tray bracket to the frame. This will be the lowest one closest to the front of the car. Remove that bolt and there is also hydraulic line thats push fastened to the frame there. Remove that as well. Once all of that is done, you are now ready to lift the car. Jack it up from both sides and place the car on jack stands. Now with the jack, place a piece of wood on top of it and snug it up under your transmission. The drivers side front wheel needs to come off, stock lug nuts are 19mm.
With the rim removed, you will see a plastic plug in the wheel well with a grounding wire clipped onto it. Use your flat head screw driver to pop that plug out and you will be staring at the 18mm bolt that goes through the tranny mount. Make sure your Jack is under the trans at this point and when the bolt comes out, slowly drop the tranny untill you see the 3, 15mm bolts that hold the trans mount to the tranny itself
(will not be possible if our Adamantium mounts are installed, there that strong!!!!). Remove those 3 bolts and pull the trans mount out from the top of the car. Put in new mount and put back in all 3, 15mm bolts that held the original one in. Make sure you tighten them well and use loctite so the extra vibration doesn't rattle them loose. Jack the tranny back up untill it's aligned with the hole again. Put loctite on the long bolt and put it back in. Put everything back in the way it came out and put your wheel back on.
Remember to re-torque your lug nuts when you put the car back on the ground!!!!
(UPPER)
Next, while the car is still up in the air, remove the two 18mm bolts that go through the stock upper motor mount. Once those are out, remove the two 15mm bolts that hold the bracket the front of the top mount was bolted to(it needs to be flipped around for the new mount explained in the next sentance). Bolt the new upper mount to the FLAT side of the bracket. Make sure you use the washer provided to keep the bushing safe and put loctite on the bolt before threading it back in.
Bolt(w/loctite)------->washer------>mount------->bracket
Once those two are bolted together(not tight yet) put them into position on the car. Put the other 18mm bolt(w/loctite) through the end thats bolted to the frame and snug and then install the two 15mm bolts through the bracket. Once every bolt is in, tighten everything down well.
(LOWER)
Last but not least, the lower mount needs to be installed. Get under the car and remove the one 10mm screw thats holding the plastic shield to the radiator support. Move that out of the way. Next get the 21mm wrench(ratchet wrench preffered) and remove the front bolt. Then using a 15mm, remove the nut off of the back stud to the motor mount. There is a long bar that goes from there to where your strut perch is. Loosen that 15mm nut up top untill you can swing the arm out of the way(it does NOT need to be fully removed and will save you time this way) Once thats out of the way, get your 18mm ratchet wrench and remove the stud from the chassis. The mount should now come out. Once thats out, get your pliers and locate the dowel pin in the front lower mount bracket. This pin is easily removed with pliers, just grab and pull away. If left in, you will damge the new mounts.
Now put in the new lower mounts. The backside should be put in first. Make sure to use loctite on all the bolts. Put everything back how it came out and make sure it is all tight. Put the plastic cover screw back in and lower the car. Check the torque on all of your lug nuts while your at it and your ready to rock.
