<VV> &lt;VV&gt; Rear engine mount

[Jim Davis]

Ah yes but what happens the late mount's curved arms
to the engine mount fail.  We have had three such
failures in the past nine years in UltraVans.. I be
glad to send a picture of a failed mount on request.
Jim Davis


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Sent    : 7/25/2014 5:15:23 PM
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Subject : RE: Re: <VV> Rear engine mount

 I have never seen a Corvair engine rear mount fail
and drop the rear of the
engine on the road. All of these have fail safe
bolts/brackets,etc to keep
the engine from falling out. The engine will droop
with a failed mount, but
you can still drive the car. Many are on the road
this way!

The earlies with the engine dragging the ground had
the castle nut fall
off. Or lates when a person replaced the locking nuts
with regular nuts and
they loosened and fell off. The mounts were still in
the car, just the
engine was no longer bolted to them.

Frank DuVal

Original email:
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At my mecchanic's garage, he showed me another
customer's vair with a
unique mod to the rear engine mount. Looked like
maybe he saw the same
article I saw in a "way back" Communique, about a
member's idea to keep the
engine from falling on the road should the mount fail. 
How is the collective memory of this wise group? Any
ideas?
Ralph    
69/140/4sp

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