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Not sure how the mounts are on there but will go look at mine in a few minutes. Looking up the mount parts Pete's seems to use the same mount for everything.

1. sounds like you broke the left/drivers side mount which is the one that takes the most torque. If the engine is still in the mount you can bolt a chain to it for a temp repair to limit the twist to the right side. It needs to be to the frame and to a solid mounting bracket. Attach to something to small and that something will get torn off.

2. The other side essential holds the motor up. If it is completely gone see it you can jack it up and get a piece of 4X4, 6X6 under it to keep the accessories off the frame and use bailing wire, nylon tie, chain, or duct tape to hold wood into place.

3. Use flex pipe, stove pipe anything metal to get the exhaust under the truck. Hope it lasts and don't let it touch anything.

4. replace hoses fill with h2o and go easy and do not use jake brake when driving.

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These are shade tree, backwoods fixes. Not really legal or recommended. Do what you will or must.​

 

likely the mount was just loose. it's two bolts down through some rubber. when the rubber deteriorate the motor slowely settles down into the rubber but the bolts stay the same length so when you torque on the motor it will actually lift up untill the bolts catch. you were most likely fine untill it just snapped on you. the motor actually twisted up on one side which is why it pulled the exhaust and coolant hoses out.

a motor mount is easy. jack the motor up. unbolt the 4 bolts to the frame and the bolts to the motor. remove it and reinstall the same way. set the motor own, put two new bolts through the rubber and tighten them.

it's probably a little worse on that truck because you can't see them from the top since the motor is set back.

My question is what does the front motor mount look like. it's a single mount in the middle under the ballencer. If the alt is sitting on the frame that one may have snaped too.

did you have anyone look this truck over before you bought it? that price doesn't look so good now

 

Sounds like Pawnd has done a few roadside repairs lol. Getting it to the point of being able to bobtail it to a more favorable permant repair facility sounds like pawnd is on the right track. First issue is getting the enging off of the frame. Block it up on the right and chain the left like pawn d said . As MM states check the front mount too. If you have that much goin on crawl back to the rear trans mount and take a look at that too. After you have the engine somewhere in the neighborhood of where it belongs the fix the hoses and coolant. There are a thousnd ways to rig the exhaust, we used to have a ford with a big cat motor that was used for oilfield service that we used to constantly be rigging the exhaust on. Board roads going to drilling rigs tend to be hard on that stuff. Coffee cans with big hose clamps work great for that. I doubt that you have a problem with your power divider. The racket you heard was more than likely the motor jumping around and ripping the exhaust apart and banging down on the broken mounts. As far as the oil in the coolant , that is a whole nother ballgame. Could be a leaking headgasket, cracked head , cracked block, on and on. Seeing as you haven't had a problem with overheating issues I doubt that you have a crack. I don't remember reading anywhere about you having a problem with oil consumption out of the ordinary. Normally when you get any engine with coolant and oil mixing it goes both ways. Oil in the coolant = coolant in the oil. Check your oil before refiring the engine just in case. If you don't see any indication of coolant in the oil I wouldn't panic just yet but this is a small problem that could easily turn into a HUGE one. Is it time for an oil change? I highly recommend and am a firm believer in oil analysis . Most fleets do this every change every time. I learned along time ago after every part of my routine was to open the hood and check the basics, belts hoses, mounts, look for things . Crawl under the truck too. Front to rear. getting in the habit of doing this will save you tons of aggravation and $$$ . You'll also spend less time on the side of the road. I ran old oilfield trucks for years but they were very well maintained and rarely every left us on the side of the road AFTER we learned to look for trouble before it happened. Good luck.

 

Hey PP, sorry about the run of bad luck, where about in NC are you located, I live in the Wilmington area here on the coast and have bottle jacks, just let me know if your close by. You could always rent some from a rental place for pretty cheap.......let me know if I can help. Peace Scooter

 

Not so much big rigs, hot rods, off roading, and farm straight trucks usually not enough money to fix it when it broke or out in the wilderness in Alaska.

If that was oil in the antifreeze wouldn't show as tan/brown foam? Or does this coolant prevent mixing?