How do you lift the engine? Jack or engine lift? Which is easier?

 

I used a jack and a block of wood under the transmission bell housing. Removed nuts from old mounts raised engine up, then removed entire mount on passenger side from engine block. Then wiggled drivers side out & then opposite to reinstall.

 

I just used a bottle jack with a piece of wood for cushion under the oil pan and jacked it up. (DISCLAIMER: jacking up from the oil pan is definitely not recommended, but it's the easiest way I could find.)

Also: Jacking up the engine did slightly crush my union from Y pipe to muffler. Only way to avoid this is to remove the rubber exhaust hanger beforehand, which is a lot of busy work! But... that's the easiest way I could think of.

 

From DiscoWeb:

I can do both in under 45 min start to finish

this is my process

using a 15MM ratchet box wrench(old part # were 18MM) I remove all 4 nuts, the weight of the engine holds them in place so the nuts come right off.

then I lift the passenger side with the bottle jack on the frame under the thick gussett on the AC compressor. lift the engine high enough that the mount comes right out. Then lower all the way down with out putting in the new mount.

then lift the driver side using the bottle jack on the axle tube at the base of the block at the oil pan. because the passenger side is down lower there will now be more room to swap the mount without a pry bar(thanks Marc). lower back down onto new mount.

then go back and lift the passenger side again on the frame under the AC compressor gussett. lower and replace all 4 nuts.

the cool thing about this is it can all be done on the trail if you tear out the motor mounts using the factory bottle jack and a box wrench...the ratchetting box wrench just makes it that much easier.


https://discoweb.org/index.php?threa...disco-1.19899/

 

Pretty much exactly how I do it. Passenger Side entire mount and bracket off, re-install, then Driver Side remove & re-install.

 

I ordered both the Jag mounts and the ANR2805. The Jags are a bit larger and have a different thread. They look to be m10 x 1.0.

https://landroverforums.com/forum/at...1&d=1702158473

So I'll order new flange nuts.

I sized up some things in the engine bay and I could barely get the bottle jack between the frame rail and a/c compressor. Do you move the a/c compressor to the side? I suppose it is a bad idea to jack directly on the compressor...or is that kosher?