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Why is there fluid in a MTX 75 trans mount?

blu_fuz

blu_fuz

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I was taking apart my last mount to get it ready for powder coating and something wierd happened. I impacted the 18mm nut off the bolt that is in the mount and it leaked out a crap load of black goo!
What the hell? :confused:
I havn't heard of there being a fluid filled mount on any of these cars.
Mine is a '95 SE MTX V6.
Could it be that water got in there over time and never got out, or is this supposed to happen?
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probably. looks like the rubber is shot. the rubber is usually tight around that bolt. otherwise you get unwanted play, making the roll resistors work harder. the mount is 65 bucks complete from steve at tousley, but i know you've been sticking tons into your car so you can always replace it later.
 
perhaps the early cars had fluid filled mounts there. its not uncommon on some cars to have mounts filled w/a fluid rather than rubber.
 
There was A LOT of fluid in there. I wish I knew for sure, but I guess it doesn't matter. How different does mine look from a post 98 trans mount?
 
1FASTDAD said:
how about lees time working on your car and more time hooking up that DAM OVEN!!!!!
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What he said!

If its a goey type fluid, like pudding, it was probably a fluid filled mount. Ill have to see if I still have that one around and drill into it to verify.
 
That's :crazy:. I am pissed because it f'd up my work bench! Someone has to confirm it......
IF that thing ever leaked and I looked under the car, I would have pulled the motor and trans out to look at the trans to see if it was damaged somehow.
What do you guys think I should do with it now? Fill it with grease and hope it all stays in there, or fill that :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: with poly?
 
blu_fuz said:
I havn't heard of there being a fluid filled mount on any of these cars.
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lies :laugh:

I remember telling you about it when you went to replace the rear roll restrictor on your car and you posted pictures about how back is was sagging.


the 95s have/had a fluid filled rear roll restrictor. that is the only one that I know of that was fluid filled. they all tended to fail ...
 
Get a mount from a later year. I know Josh wouldn't accept roll restrictors from 95's as cores because he couldn't fill them. It's a direct swap for the later style, but I guess not easy to fill. This is the first time I've heard of the 95 motor mount being filled with fluid though. I thought it was only the roll restrictors.
 
CSVT1214 said:
Get a mount from a later year. I know Josh wouldn't accept roll restrictors from 95's as cores because he couldn't fill them. It's a direct swap for the later style, but I guess not easy to fill. This is the first time I've heard of the 95 motor mount being filled with fluid though. I thought it was only the roll restrictors.
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aren't the later trans mounts different?
 
BrApple said:
lies :laugh:

I remember telling you about it when you went to replace the rear roll restrictor on your car and you posted pictures about how back is was sagging.


the 95s have/had a fluid filled rear roll restrictor. that is the only one that I know of that was fluid filled. they all tended to fail ...
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You lie!:laugh:
Show me where you said that the '95 rear roll resistor is filled with fluid, search master! My poly filled rear roll resistor is off a SVT :confused: and bolted right in :shrug:

here is the thread about my roll resistor:
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/s...mber=1254137&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

Here is the roll resistor:
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BrApple said:
swear I did some where. but that is the thread I was thinking of ...
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Well you have 14,143 of your posts to look through so get crack'n! :laugh:
You probably have told someone, but my rear roll resistor was still not a fluid filled mount :shrug:
 
blu_fuz said:
Well you have 14,143 of your posts to look through so get crack'n! :laugh:
You probably have told someone, but my rear roll resistor was still not a fluid filled mount :shrug:
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your original one was, but by the time you change it the fluid was gone...:laugh:
 
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