Rear tranny mount

[SimonTuffGuy]

is the stock rear tranny mount supposed to be in 2 pieces?

I'm putting in a stock tranny to hold me over and the rear mount looked to be in 2 pieces... Can't remember the junk car when I pulled it. Pics may be helpful!

Fwiw- everything is in, just needs some wiring hooked back up. More later!

[Gforcefd]

If your talking about the oem festiva mount, no it shouldn't be in two pieces. I had one of them split on me in the old red festiva. IF you are talking about a protege rear tranny mount, I believe its two pieces, the main part that bolts to the tranny, and then another round type mount with the poly in it, and the bolts off from it.... I could be wrong.

[SimonTuffGuy]

hmmm, maybe that's another one of the problems! I'm pretty sure mine is in 2 pieces... Good thing my uncle has a manual parts car I can pull a spare out.

Anoyone have a pic? Maybe of a parts car or something?

[anomoly40]

The festiva mount looks like this. It's one piece. Think of it as a homemade hamburger with a thick piece of rubber in the middle.

[SimonTuffGuy]

I'm looking for FESTIVA only... I'm putting in a stock tranny on the BP until I can afford (and find someone to weld) the stuff I need for the G25...

[25Horseplay]

^^That is the one you want. It is really cheap on Rockauto.com its $6.75 plus shipping.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Would it be safe to drive with a busted rear mount? It would just be for a day or two... Also, can I fix without removing the axles and all that?

[25Horseplay]

Yea it should be OK as long as you don't beat on it. And you should be able to replace it without removing the axles.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Update - Casper is back on the road... Well, almost! I got everything put back together today. I had to order a new exhust manifold gasket (the other was shot) and that'll be in tomorrow... However, I did get it out around town for just a few minutes to make sure it'd get up and shift. It goes into all 5 gears pretty well!

Problems to work with yet:
1. Car is REALLY dirty (and greasy) from the past 2 days... Needs a good cleaning
2. Replace broken rear transmission mount
3. AutoX this coming weekend



I probably won't get the mount fixed before then, but I drove the car with a busted mount before (that and low fluid MAY have been what caused my blow-up... not 100% sure)

Oh well...

Still - is it SAFE to drive with a busted rear mount? If it's suggested to replace it, maybe that's what Saturday will be about!

[SimonTuffGuy]

Also - my speedometer isn't working after the swap... I pulled the gear out to fill with fluid, possibly put in incorrectly?

[Gforcefd]

I would replace that mount before you do autoX, you don't want to put any extra strain on your CV axles.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Hmmm... Well - a swap for that might be in the works for this weekend too... Oh, I hate the idea of doing that again though, haha!

Thoughts on the speedo? The gear is seated in the tranny the whole way...

[SimonTuffGuy]

Well... I just decided to order it from RockAuto and have it sent 2day express... I'll have it Thursday and that gives me a few days to get it in... Shouldn't be too hard to get the old one out and this one in (hopefully) - More soon...

[25Horseplay]

Did it pull out of the back of the speedo?

[Gforcefd]

Yeah you might of seperated the wire inside its sheeth of the speedo, thats what I did accidently the last time I took the engine out without removing the speedo first :-)