How to REPLACE THE MOTOR MOUNT on a Porsche Boxster 986 | DIY (Project 10)

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Project 10 from the 101 Projects for your Porsche Boxster book.
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Today I replaced the worn out engine mount on my 1998 Porsche Boxster 986. I didn't have any symptoms of it needing to be replaced, but I knew that time had been wearing it away. Turns out the bushing was indeed failing! Made a DIY tutorial of the removal and installation of new parts.
Engine mount bushing:
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Engine mount kit (bushing, bolts, nuts):
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Engine mount bracket with bushing:
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986 Service Manual:
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@samuelseager6785 2 года назад

6:45 "If you have seen some other videos, which there is no need to". 😂🤣 You are correct, my man.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

😂 💪💪

@davidbrown9614 3 года назад

My first cameo in a RU-vid video! I was actually thinking about making a RU-vid video on how to use a hydraulic press but I didn’t have any Porsche Boxster 968 motor mounts laying around! 🤣😂😆

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+David Brown the savior is here! Thanks again! 🙏

@bobfognozzle 3 года назад

In lieu of a press you can use a pipe and threaded rod. The rod extends through the bushing then an appropriate sized washer or group of washers are places to form a bearing surface against the bushing..the opposite side extends through the pipe which is large enough to press on the housing and allow the bushing to slip through....then put a bar with a hole for the threaded rod to pass through at the far end of the pipe. Extraction of the bushing is a matter of tightening nuts on each end of the threaded rod. In this case two threaded rods will allow balanceof theforce applied.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Bob Fognozzle I was actually planning on doing something like that, but I wasn’t expecting the bushing to be that big! Don’t have a pipe nearly that wide

@garyl5128 3 года назад

Not only was that one of the most well lit undersides of a car I have ever seen, that is probably also the cleanest underside of a car I have ever seen! Great video, thanks.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Gary L thanks! I had my under hood light (one of my tools of the week) laying on the ground. Works wonders!

@sgarcia37 3 года назад

I can't thank you enough for doing these videos. Thank you

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+sgarcia37 glad I could help 😁.

@richardlopez8728 3 года назад

Nice clear view and video & explanation at all locations

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Richard Lopez 🙏

@RockyTopAviator Год назад

Thanks for this Aaron, got it completed today!

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Jacob L. Well done! 🍻

@JayZilla306 3 года назад

Dave saves the day. Remember to order the whole assembly, or have 1 dave on site.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+James Zilla 😂 exactly!

@paulbechel5320 3 года назад

Once again, great video! The next day or two has me replacing the fuel filter and the engine mount during the same trip under the car. This will be super helpful! Well done.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Paul Bechel thanks man! 🍻

@allenhsu869 3 года назад

Good video! Thanks for sharing!

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Allen Hsu thank you!

@deep6thisdeep6this92 3 года назад

it's clear why some prefer to remove the hoses completely at the very beginning. they appear to be in the way of everything!.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+deep6this deep6this 👍

@marhel5291 Год назад

Hey Aaron, just did the engine mount on my 98 Boxster exactly as described in your video. Therefore: thank you thank you thank you! Love your videos, they are of great help to me!

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Mar Hel that’s great! Consider becoming a member by clicking “JOIN” to give back and help the channel and community 😉🍻

@miamirice6840 2 года назад

I love that you are doing this on Jack-stands essentially. It’s what I have to do. I know you will soon be a true lift elitist.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

Yes, it will be hard to go back now after the lift 😆

@andrewritchie1699 4 месяца назад

Excellent video. Thank you.

@HelpMeDIY 4 месяца назад

+@andrewritchie1699 you’re welcome! 🍻

@yueibm 3 года назад

Subscribed! Thanks for the great instructions! I did this a number of years ago and remembered it being much more painful (had to weld nuts to rounded off bolts) so it’s great to see the angles you used with your tools.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Yue Fan thanks! 🍻

@MikeK-NIreland 3 года назад

Another great detailed video. Need to do this job myself at some point as I have just over 90k miles on my Caymen. Good to know that I can just replace the bushing and not the whole mount. Must say your Boxter looks immaculate underneath. Mick 👍🍻

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Michael Kane sounds like it’s time! And thanks for the kind words.

@eonvaulter 2 года назад

Subscribed! Bought my first Boxster 986 just over a month ago and decided to tackle the motor mount as my first project. I've never worked on a car before and would never have had the confidence to tackle this without your video. I probably earned a few more grey hairs from the project but it was successful in the end. I'm doing the trans-axle oil tomorrow and using your video of that project as my guide. Thank you so much for your detailed and calm instructions...your videos are now my go-to resource for all things Boxster DIY!

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+eonvaulter excellent!! Thanks for taking the time to comment. It’s things like this that motivate me to do more 😁

@eonvaulter 2 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY If you wanna post one showing how to replace the vario cam actuator, I wouldn't ojbect...one of mine is leaking oil. :)

@recon20671 Год назад

Thanks again.

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+recon20671 🍻

@hawkinsjd11 3 года назад

Those rubber pieces are torque control inserts. I am not sure what they do. Thanks for more Boxster content!

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Jess H well at least they have been named now 😆

@minermarcus 2 года назад

I don't just like your videos I love them. I also have a guards red Boxster (03), a BMW S1000RR and a 14 BMW 328d. We have similar garages. Watch out for those roller things, they are creepy.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+minermarcus haha thanks! Have you considered becoming a channel member? 😉🍻

@barryhayes3168 3 года назад

Thanks!!!

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Barry Hayes you got it!

@elielperez1557 3 года назад

Those two rubber pieces you left out are to limit the rotation of the mount on the support when torque is high; leaving them out will allow the engine to rotate further and will make it more likely for the rubber joint to break. Not a big problem if you drive like grandma, but if you push on it you would prefer to cut a bit of them so that they fit and install them.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Eliel Perez ahh good to know! None of the research I did on the motor mounts showed a car that had them at all.

@elielperez1557 3 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY Mine had all of them, as you noted in your video, the new mount would need those pieces to have a different shape so I cut mine a bit to fit and installed them. Thank you for your video, it is the most detailed out there so far. I had to start by removing two covers before getting to where you started.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

@@elielperez1557 Glad it helped! And yes, I may have mentioned in the video that my plastic panels under the car are pretty busted up so I decided it would generally save me time down there to just leave them off :P

@davidpreston775 3 года назад

Thanks. Superb video! While changing the motor mount, this seems like the perfect time to change out the water pump. You're right there once that motor mount comes out. Agree?

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+David Preston thank you! As far as combining stuff, it’s usually easy to combine a ton of stuff on this car so it’s not wrong to combine as much as you want or to spread it all out and go as time and money permit :)

@baroquenhorse657 3 года назад

As always, love your videos and really appreciate your shared experience. Two things; 1)did you ever go back and install replacement spacers? They seem important. 2) how do you like the quick jack, how stable / safe is it?

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Baroquen Horse thank you! No I didn’t install them. So far so good. 🤞 Love the quick Jack! Feel 100% confident under them. But I can’t wait for my new garage with a 2 post lift 😎

@baroquenhorse657 3 года назад

👍🏼. When you get the lift, let me know if you want to sell that Quickjack!

@Worldfamous888 2 года назад

hell yeah!!!!

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+mario huaso I like your enthusiasm 🍻

@chuckborozinski5110 3 года назад

Thanks for doing these videos. Could you tell me how high your Boxster was off the ground? I know you mentioned you didn't go all the way up with the Quickjack. I'll be using jackstands.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Chuck Borozinski you’re welcome. I didn’t measure how high it was though, sorry.

@rosscorindia9527 2 года назад

Thanks for the video, I’m going to do mine, you mentioned possible vibration, have you ever experienced vibration around 3000-3200 rpm,s?

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Ross Corindia you’re welcome. No I have never noticed that.

@johnmorgan7262 2 года назад

If you need leverage on an open end wrench, try double wrenching

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+John Morgan yes!

@bobfognozzle 3 года назад

👍👍

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Bob Fognozzle 💪

@FlyinFreek Месяц назад

Do you recall the diameter of the bushing? Trying to have a die handy to press it

@HelpMeDIY Месяц назад

+@FlyinFreek I don’t, sorry

@evcarclubofamerica6850 3 года назад

Great video. What year and mileage on the Boxster?

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+EV Car Club Of America thanks! 1998 with about 75,000mi

@hawkinsjd11 3 года назад

where did you get those tails? did you have to do any additional wiring?

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Jess H eBay. I have an install video for them (of course) if you search my channel. Plugs and play!

@davidbrown3184 2 года назад

Have you done your transmission mounts yet? I did the motor and transmission mounts over one weekend after watching AR Perez's videos. I used PRG urethane mounts and hadn't seen your videos yet. My job would have been easier if I'd pulled the engine mount studs out. I pulled off the two coolant hoses to make the removal a little easier. Getting the motor mount replaced got rid of a THUNK I was feeling during WOT gear changes. It also took care of some road noise and vibration that I couldn't identify.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+David Brown yes I have! Of course I have a video on it too. 😉 And thanks for the shirt order, it’s already in the mail! 🍻

@davidbrown3184 2 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY sweet! Can't wait to throw it on before I start my next Boxster project.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

@@davidbrown3184 😎

@duotonguitars 2 месяца назад

aren't there two more standalone mounts of a different design on the other side?

@HelpMeDIY 2 месяца назад

+@duotonguitars those are the transmission mounts you are talking about

@Boxsta_57 Год назад

Do you remember how many miles were on your boxster when you did this job?I have 62k and I’m experiencing a little clunk out of first

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Boxsta_57 it would have been somewhere around 70k

@everettkirk8368 3 года назад

Put the mount in the oven ,10 mins,or use a heat gun to heat the alloy,it will expand enough to be able let you tap out the bush with a large socket ,or long threaded bolt,couple of large washers bit of pipe about same length as the bush,same diameter as bush holder,tighten the nut to press it out,or buy a lower suspension bush remover vv,polo,golf on a bay quite cheap,you won't just knock it out, just laughs at you.

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Everett kirk my plan was going to be a large socket, but it’s WAY bigger than any socket I or most people will have

@dodgster1p958 3 года назад

Great work but if on reassembly you had put the posts in first they would have guided the whole assembly into place....

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

+Dodgster1 P thanks! Someone else said that about the posts too… But it seemed to me like just another object to have to maneuver the assembly around. 🤷‍♂️

@dodgster1p958 3 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY the way I see it on the video you’ve done the hard work by getting the assembly into place but after that you’ve had to wrestle with the three bolts. If you’d done the posts first there’d be minimal wrestling as they would have guided the assembly in place making it easier to button up the rest....I have to do mine but I don’t have a quick jack or a large enough garage and November in the UK isn’t the best time to do anything on the drive so I’ll either see if I can hire a garage for a few hours (I already have a pre prepared replacement part so no messing about) or wait until spring....Love your work though as there’s not an awful lot of DIY content for the Boxster (I have 2001 S) so keep up the good work brother!

@HelpMeDIY 3 года назад

@@dodgster1p958 please report back after you do it and let us know if the posts being in place first helps!

@dodgster1p958 3 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY will do

@christophsoltau4662 3 года назад

@@dodgster1p958 When wrestling the mount back in you need all the available space to rotate and jiggle it around to fit in. The four studs are in that same space. It's pretty tight under there. I took mine out but ended up putting it back in again as it wasn't that bad either, and no Dave handy to press it out. I've read of guys cutting the old one out with a hacksaw (cut from inside , rubber side), but still need a press to get the new one in.

@user-hi5yn4vg3h Месяц назад

@16:21 Terrible lift technique. When that wood splits and the pressure accelerates and turn it into crumble, you will be filming your last video !

@HelpMeDIY Месяц назад

+@user-hi5yn4vg3h not the best technique I concede, but unless you are using rotted wood it’s not going to crumble! There are still two transmission mounts holding most of the weight.