How much does an engine "flop around" if motor mounts are fatigued?
Over the past few months I've been experiencing problems with the clearance between my hood and ignition shielding. The car is a '66 L36 AC coupe.
The wing nuts fastening the shielding lid have started to rub the underside of the hood. They even exert enough pressure on the lid that it squashes the coil wire causing it to short out - and kill the engine instantaneously while driving. I recently installed a new clutch, and had the distributor rebuilt. I figured I may have put her back together wrong causing the clearance problem, but I don't see how that could happen as the car runs and drives fine.
Also, just yesterday, I noticed that the alternator fan rubbed on the fiberglass hood brace and taken about 1/4" of material off of it. This, I'm sure, is a new development as I haven't seen that wearmark before.
I crawled under the car and looked at the original motor mounts: one appears to have a crack in the rubber. I've ordered new mounts (exact repros?) from LIC, and hope this will fix the problem. Under normal driving conditions, would an engine jump around that much (and lift vertically) to cause this kind of interference with the hood? She's parked until I find the problem.
Over the past few months I've been experiencing problems with the clearance between my hood and ignition shielding. The car is a '66 L36 AC coupe.
The wing nuts fastening the shielding lid have started to rub the underside of the hood. They even exert enough pressure on the lid that it squashes the coil wire causing it to short out - and kill the engine instantaneously while driving. I recently installed a new clutch, and had the distributor rebuilt. I figured I may have put her back together wrong causing the clearance problem, but I don't see how that could happen as the car runs and drives fine.
Also, just yesterday, I noticed that the alternator fan rubbed on the fiberglass hood brace and taken about 1/4" of material off of it. This, I'm sure, is a new development as I haven't seen that wearmark before.
I crawled under the car and looked at the original motor mounts: one appears to have a crack in the rubber. I've ordered new mounts (exact repros?) from LIC, and hope this will fix the problem. Under normal driving conditions, would an engine jump around that much (and lift vertically) to cause this kind of interference with the hood? She's parked until I find the problem.
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