mercer transportation

@TruckerPete1990 did you get that fancy box for your gen yet?

 

not yet im waiting for my other part to come in to see what the clearance is

 

Driving on a Broken engine mount can that cause damage? Should i get it fixed like this week or is it ok to run?

 

Do you know if the box comes with mounts of any kind?

 

I would get it fixes as soon as you can but if you take it easy accelerating I would think you would be fine for a bit.

 

Not sure but i would say no. Most won't supply the brackets to mount

 

You need to start buying lottery tickets man. Seems like it never ends on that truck with you.

 

I wouldn't drive it under any conditions where there is any acceleration torque. Ever notice how when you're hill climbing heavy and you downshift the hood moves flat? Its because the whole truck twists under torgue. Just accelerating up through the gears, even empty, torques the engine and drivetrain.

Many years ago I got fired from a really crappy job moving a truck 10 miles to a shop with a broken motor mount and getting a bit horsey pulling away from a stop sign. It was a remarkably strange noise...

I'd get it fixed soonest than expensivist. No ridicule intended, Pete.

Frank

 

i wonder how hard these would be to do myself.. If im gonna pay a shop 8 hours of labor i could just buy the tools myself to do this and still come out ahead... I could buy a 21 Gal air compressor for under $200 and an air gun for for what $150?

 

You need a hoist to lift the engine up to replace the front mounts. I wouldn’t drive it any further than to the next shop and get it done before you break more stuff.