I have a 96 Camaro auto. with the 3.8 and when I was putting on my Magnaflow exhaust back in August I noticed that the rubber mount was dry rotted and looked like it was falling apart. So when I was up at Auto Zone yesterday I actually remembered that it was bad and so I bought a new one for $47. Now my only question is how hard are these to replace?Itlooks as though itwould be an easy fix but after doing work on my front brakes a few months back I realized how complicated some simple things can turn out to be. So I just need to know if it's a one man job that can be done in a half hour? Also will I need to jack up the tail end of the tranny at all, I mean just like an inch or so to make removing the old mount and putting the new one on easier?

 

yes, all that you should need to do is jack up the tail of the tranny to put the new one in, it should work perfectly.

 

Thats what my brother told me and I was just making sure there wasn't any crazy tool I needed to remove the old mount. Alright thats good to know and thanks for the help.

 

its easy.... 47 dollers though??? i bout one at auto zone for like 15

 

Thats what I was talking to the Auto Zone salesmen about. I asked him why a piece of rubber is almost $50 and he told me that it was some "hydralic oem replacement tranny mount". Whatever that means, he was reading it from a computer screen so I don't even think he knew what he was talking about. All well.

 

I put the new mount in today and it went well. The only problem I had was that there wan't really any spot on the tail of the tranny to put a jack under it. So I instead just put the jack under the tranny fluid pan but I put a wood block between the two so that it didn't punch a hole through the bottom. The car shifts a lot more solidly now and I actually got my tires to brake loose off a stop light. Thats a big accomplishment for a high mi. V6, auto., and that needs a tune really bad. Now to find a Z28 posi. rear end that I can put in this to make it a bit funner to drive.