These brackets are basically touching the block… is that really how they’re supposed to be?
Lovely! What brand of rubber biscuit did you use? I would add some sort of torque strap on the driver side, as I've separated too many rubber biscuits there which otherwise still had good looking rubber. I used a short bit of 1/4" thick towchain for years after going through 3 biscuits the first summer, then finally found an original Mopar cable from a bloke in this Forum. Some folks use turnbuckles to good effect.
See Post 7. With your mount out of the car, you can easily make this mod to the driver's mount and NEVER worry about it again.
strong engine mounts 1969 c body 440
Yowza YOWZA! Ways abound for reinforcing the rubber biscuit. The ONE advice to stick with is this: KEEP IT RUBBER! Solid steel, or polyurethane mounts TRANSMIT ENGINE VIBRATION TO THE FRAME, defeating the purpose of having an "INSULATOR" in the 1st place. I concede, for drag racing, these harder substances outlast rubber, but I don't want those EVIL VIBRATIONS going to my ride.
Putting one or 2 bolts through the biscuit works well for plenty folks. Had I not found the rare, nigh unobtainable cable I'm blessed with, then I would have run the bolts through the biscuit as described in numerous pages and threads. But I stumbled onto the thing, made for Hemi Cudas I reckon, and thank St. Joe and Son for it.
I think the head of your bolt might stop your mount from settling low enough for the through bolt to frame to thread.Made the modification today!
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Used a nylock to hold it down
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Ready for use!
I was thinking the same thing about that bolt head. That's why some of the mods folks have used countersunk bolts.
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If yours will bolt up, you're fine. I filed my heads until there wasn't much there, because a wafer-thin head provides plenty of strength in this application. Also, just checking....you left a little slop in the assembly when you used that nylock nut, correct? I had about a "business card" looseness.
Otherwise, nice tidy job on your mount! And it will NEVER cause trouble again.
I'd whittle away at the head of the bolt until you can test-fit it into the K mount location. If you can get the long bolt to thread back into the mount, you're good. Yeah, your engine will be 1/8th inch higher on the driver's side due to that thin head, but that's insignificant.
Good-o on the nylock loosey. Your teeth will thank you.
Good workYou all are the best! Went countersunk today…
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