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914/6 engine mount mishmash |
Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 08:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,697 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Good morning and thanks for the help yesterday on the oil tank lines.
Can I ask for some help in figuring out what I’ve got going on here. This looks to me like an early design/replica of the factory 914/6 amount but it does not want to work with the work mount that actually bolts on to the engine. When I did a test fit they don’t bolt up properly and the black engine side mount won’t fit vertically and is forced to be offset/angled which isn’t right of course. So either the grey mount is off, the black mount is the wrong one, or these aren’t compatible. I’m not experienced enough to spot the issue, my hunch is the grey mount is OK and the black engine side is incorrect but that is a guess. Thanks for any help you can offer. |
Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 08:19 AM
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Superhawk996 |
Mar 14 2021, 08:25 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
That definately is not the 914/6 OEM factory style mount.
Others will chime in. Isn't that an old style Rich Johnson mount (body side)? MadDog makes something similar and the engine side sort of looks like his. However his body side is quite different. If it's not lining up, I'm inclined to agree you have some sort of mismatch maybe between body side and engine side. As I look a the picture more, part of the engine side mount looks OEM stamped. It takes some serious tooling to deep draw thick metal like that. Usually the aftermarket engine side fabrications are plate metal welded, not stamped (incduding MadDog). Then on the other side, I see welds that I don't believe are OEM and maybe a couple little stiffening gussets that don't look OEM. Could someone have taken a 911 side mount and have modified it to try to work with the body side and/or maybe a slightly different body side mount? Just guessing. |
930cabman |
Mar 14 2021, 08:41 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,545 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States |
Have you contacted the manufacturer?
We recently went with the OEM style mount from Mad Dog, worked like a charm and Dave is great to work with, he understands customer service. |
sixnotfour |
Mar 14 2021, 08:43 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,525 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
blk mount hangs below on the grey
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Superhawk996 |
Mar 14 2021, 08:46 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
blk mount hangs below on the grey (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) And then there is that. I was so focused on detail I didn't see that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) |
Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 08:53 AM
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Oof! So I have it upside down in the first picture then.
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9146GUY |
Mar 14 2021, 09:07 AM
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The grey mounts welds to the firewall. The black mount is a front engine mount that attaches on the bottom of the grey mount. These were made some years ago.
Hope that helps |
Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 10:44 AM
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Mark Henry |
Mar 14 2021, 11:14 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
It's like the RJ copy I made, the engine mount is OE 911 cut off and modified. The fit issue can be fixed with a grinder.
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Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 11:18 AM
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Mark Henry |
Mar 14 2021, 11:37 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
That's an old style mount, you have to remove the wiring from the tail lights back to the crack pipe to feed the harness through the mount. You could mod the body mount section, weld in a channel, so you don't have to do this.
I have another one here with this mod, I'll try to take a pic later today. |
Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 11:43 AM
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bretth |
Mar 14 2021, 12:43 PM
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Doesn't the rubber mounts go through from the top instead of hanging underneath like your last pics? Wouldn't that correct the clearance issue?
Brett |
mepstein |
Mar 14 2021, 12:50 PM
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Picture from Rich
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Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 03:57 PM
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sixnotfour |
Mar 14 2021, 05:26 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,525 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
rubber mount upside down
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mepstein |
Mar 14 2021, 06:08 PM
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Tdskip |
Mar 14 2021, 06:24 PM
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8th times a charm!
I am such a dolt. |
rgalla9146 |
Mar 14 2021, 07:31 PM
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Cup washer on top faces up.
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