Vibra Tech install notes:
Got my Vibra Tech's installed over the weekend. Thought I'd share a few things I did to make the job a bit easier. First, I made a jig for jacking up the engine. Just a piece of 2x4 with a 3/8" deep half circle cut out to accommodate the oil screen on the bottom of the oil pan. This made for a more distributed weight across the bottom of the pan.
Second, I was frustrated with how the engine doesn't jack up evenly. I could get enough out of the bottle jack to do the drivers side, but not enough to get the passenger side mount. What I did was to use a common cargo strap over the driver side engine mount, limiting its movement. This then transferred the "up" to the passenger side, allowing me to do that motor mount quite easily
Note - be sure to loosen or remove your strut brace before jacking up the engine :-)
p.s. sorry for the picts being out of order, but you get the idea.
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