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Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback
That makes a lot of sense, actually. I suppose there is no reason to jack the entire engine up at once. I guess I just don't have enough understanding of the entire engine assembly to know how you can or can't move it in the engine bay. Twisting it seemed like not a good idea, but I suppose an inch or two won't hurt (no idea how much clearance is needed to remove the mounts.) I'm just terrified of over-stretching some harness/hose somewhere, or damaging the transmission mounts or something in the process.
My previous car to this was a 16 year old Outback with 286,000 miles... and while it was in relatively good shape, it was easy to break old, brittle bushings/hoses/things while working on it because they were so old - so that's probably part of where my apprehension comes from.
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That is an understandable concern, but I'd like to think that the quality of hoses/bushings/etc have improved since the days of your Outback, but that could be wishful thinking.. However, many shops and other people have swapped engine mounts without the complete removal of the engine. There is definitely enough leeway in the harnesses and hoses to lift each side of the engine just enough to swap the mount out. It would only be about an inch or two to wiggle the mounts in and out.