changing engine mounts

[mnahon]

Looks like the WD40 helped, as well as a longer wrench. For some reason, on my car, those bolts were on pretty tight. The rest of the job was no problem, with the help of the pointers in this forum.

[ja17]

Some times these can be stubborn. I have a 1/2" drive  19mm socket with a built in universal.  I use it with a long 1/2" extension and a breaker bar on the tough motor mount bolts. I go down through the intake manifold with the set up.  Another alternative is remove the front wheel and support the car from the chassis allowing the sub frame to hang. You will have a good shot at the bolt from through the wheel well.

[mnahon]

Thanks Joe. What you say is interesting about going through the intake manifold. I don't think there's any way I could have done that on my car because the exhaust header is maybe 3 inches above the bolt on the passenger side; and really directly above; not to the side at all. So there's no way I could have gotten a long extension to come down through the intake manifold. It makes me wonder whether I have a different exhaust manifold.

Through the wheelwell would have been my next try; but luckily it finally gave.