Recent content by ruscle25

I had a look at the top mount and I can see a couple of small pieces of rubber that have come away from somewhere, so I am guessing it is coming apart. Problem seems to also be my manifold doesnt have the dent in that apparently it should have had from the factory to allow clearance for the...

The question is, do I change for top mounts for the uprated K-Tec ones, or do I hold off and change the manifold for one that has this dent. Because I am now thinking I should take the poly bushes back out and go back to standard as I didn't have vibrations and knocking anywhere near as bad as...

After doing a bit more reading, it seems that some 182's came with a 'dent' in the manifold to clear the ARB. It looks like mind does'nt have this dent, although can't confirm until tomorrow. One thing I thought was strange is that the old bush I took out had an offset hole (attached). This...

Yes you can, doesn't take too much effort either!, I thought this was normal to a point? I have noticed that the rubber in the top mount that's supposed to touch the outside bit of metal doesn't touch of the front, only the back. Car has done 74k and I have had it since 30k and none of the...

Hi, I have changed my dogbone mounts for uprated powerflex bushes on my 182 and I am in the process of ordering some K-Tec uprated mounts for the top engine and gearbox mounts. I have fitted the dogbone bushes and apart from the usual vibration at idle, I have notice and bad vibration through...