Have I got my 32 motor mount installed correctly?

[Kevinsrodshop]

I've got a 4 cylinder engine. All the flathead motor pics I found show it installed this way with the cone of the rubber facing up. However my crossmember is dished making me think the rubber should be facing cone down with the big washer between the ruber and engine.

Or have a I got this completely screwed up? And yes I know it isn't tight and saftied.

 

[DavidG]

If your cross member is dished, then you should not use the metal cup below the rubber insulator shown in your photo. This cup is only used on very early '32s with flat front cross members without the 'dishes'.

You should also have a thick washer (7/16 [1/8" x 1"]) between the slotted hex nut and the top of the motor mount bracket. For reference, the original size of the large washer that is between the large motor mount insulator and the bottom of the motor mount bracket was 7/16 (1/8" x 2 1/8").

I'm assuming that you have the small round rubber and steel insulator next to the head of the bolt on the underside of the cross member.

 

[Jerry Parr WI]

Dave

Did the change to the narrow mount coincide with the change to the dished frame?

 

[DavidG]

Jerry,

No, the dished front cross member came somewhat later.

Dave

 

[barnfind08]

David I am working on my 1932 v/8 motor that I started working on in 1975. Did the 1932-34 have no cam brgs? In this 32 straight down petcocks block the cam has about .005 clearance. I am assuming the block is worn a little, because the cam is a new 35 press-on cam. Fred

 

[DavidG]

Fred,

Yes, that's correct, there were no camshaft bearings and the '32 and some '33 V-8 camshafts were made from steel billets, not cast such as your '35 camshaft. I don't know what the proper clearance should be, but no doubt someone here can answer that question which will determine whether or not you need to add bearings. While the lack of bearings may seem to be an oversight by Ford, of the eight '32 V-8 engines I've had rebuilt over the years, only one required a camshaft replacement (due to an excessively worn lobe) and none required the addition of camshaft bearings.