Rear AWR Motor mount installed

I don't know about a full write up but basically... to unbolt the harness you'll have to come in between the battery and the engine block, taking out whatever could be in your way(IC pipe, air box, intake pipe etc...) The lower harness nut is right next to the actual motor mount you can feel for it. It's very easy to get to just need a 10mm socket and a small extension. The top harness nut is right there no problem. Now that you have the harness off get a few extensions together that will make it long enough to be able to work with a torque wrench of a braker bar. You'll need that swirl(forgot the exact name) prefferably no bigger than 1/2" adaptor and a deep socket 17mm attached to the swirl adaptor. You'll have to get behind that hard line that's very close to the firewall, that's why you need a 1/2" for two of the rear nuts. Once they brake loose it's all cake from there. You'll need to secure one side of the through mount bolt because there's no bolt brake on the actual engine-mount bracket. I found the best way to do this is from underneath the car. Secure the driver's side side of the bolt and use a torque ranch or a braker bar on the other side because there's a lot more room to work there. So you'll need two 17mm sockets and two wrenches for this. Pretty straight forward. I got the mount out from under the hood. It just pulls out. Don't forget you'll need to lift up the engine a little for the bolt to come out and secure the actual engine with a jack/jack stand. If the bolt won't want to come out or go back in after you swap the mount play with the hight of the engine using the jack to align the hole with the bolt. Swap the mount and torque everthing to about 75-80ft-lbs or torque. That's it.
 
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Rear mount blows I took apart half my engine just to genough room to get a hand in there. But it did present a good opertunity to paint the intake mani in wrinkle black and boy did that turn out GREAT!
 
I have the side mount filled too. I doubt the side mounts get any more wear due to the 2 AWR mounts. The motor can't move around to do any damage to the other mounts. I can understand the rear mount getting more abuse with just the front AWR installed.
 

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