Hello,
I´m writing from Austria and you guys are my "last" hope.
I tried to change my worn out engine mounts (front and rear) on my dodge ram 2500 V10 2001.
I´ve got the haynes manual and the dodge manual (pdf), but these both things are not really usefull for my "project" to change the engine mounts.
I´m able to lose all nuts and bolts, but I´m not be able to remove the front mounts from the vehicle.

I did the job, like it is describe in the manuals, but it won´t work.
Is there a special trick, or something else to finish this job?

I hope someone from you could help me and let me know the "secret procedure" to change the engine mounts.

Thanks for your efforts,
Peter

 

Moving this to the correct forum.

Which side of the mount are you trying to change? Engine, or frame?

 

I tried to remove the engine mounts.
I´ve liftet the engine with a car-jack to take the weight off the engine mounts.
Then I removed all the bolts (3 x engine, 1 x frame), but i couldn´t pull the mounts through the gap between the engine and the frame.

 

Can you lift the engine any higher? May try and do one side at a time. I know on my V-8, getting the mounts out was fun, but not too much of an exercise.

 

I´ll try to lift the engine a bit higher with my hoist, but therefore I´ve to remove the cowl, because the hoist is mounted on hook in the concrete ceiling in my garage.
I want to avoid this procedure, but it seems that´s the only way out to remove those engine mounts.

But nevertheless, thanks for your efforts HeyYou !

 

I have no experience doing this on a V10 but I have done this many a time on the 5.9. On the pass side, if you have one there is a trany to engine brace remove it, that will give you some extra wiggle room. I removed both mounts from the bottom and installed from the top. Soapy water for the install will help as well. I had the motor lifted to the point the fan was just touching the fan shroud. For lifting the motor I used a bottle jack and some wood between the diff and the oil pan, support the diff from underneath as well, not to sure if this would be wise on a V10 though just a bit heavier than the V8.

 

According to the service manual (year 1996), group 9-133, raising the engine and possibly disconnecting the transmission to allow for more wiggle room may be necessary to gain enough clearance to remove the motor mounts.