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Guess I came into the parking lot at work a little too hot this morning. Heard a bang but couldn't tell what it was. When I left the shifter almost hit the passenger seat. I will have to look harder for a fan shroud now.



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I just got a set of polygraphite mounts like that from summit today for my buddies 70 chevelle.



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I'll be ordering a set of Moroso solid mounts and will only use 1 on the left. I'll sell you the other one for $15...thumbsup



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I bought one at Napa today as I drove to Henderson for the car show, but I'll be looking into something a little stronger. I'll keep your offer in mind Mitch. Thanks.



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Were you able to get one with the T lock to prevent it from coming completely apart like the old one did ?

If you danged kids are going to hot rod around, at least put a chain on that mill to prevent the fan from kissing the shroud...laughing



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I'm guessing age had something to do with that one too based on the pic.  To Mitch's point, it looks like the older non-safety failure mode type.   A new set of stock ones should do the trick IMO for anything less than 500 hp.



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https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-7731122/overview/ 

 

This is the kit from summit, these should be much better then stock ones but not a rough as a solid mount. Be cautious of the two different mount widths offered.



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67ss wrote:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-7731122/overview/ 

 

This is the kit from summit, these should be much better then stock ones but not a rough as a solid mount. Be cautious of the two different mount widths offered.

 I am just using a solid on the left and locking rubber on the right and rubber trans. I blew the left locking rubber a couple years ago over in WI...gearbanger

I just realized his is a '68 and most likely has the narrower frame stand than mine too. Many of the "fits all" mounts come wide and supply washers to make up the space for narrow.



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Lost in the 60s wrote:

Were you able to get one with the T lock to prevent it from coming completely apart like the old one did ?

If you danged kids are going to hot rod around, at least put a chain on that mill to prevent the fan from kissing the shroud...laughing

I've never heard of a T lock but I will be looking for something like that.  It would be nice to have a "safety" in case that happens again.....

Thanks for the Link Chris, I'll have to measure what I have and see what is available.

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Or you could install one of those kits from the late 60's that gm installed under a dealer recall.



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I found one of those kits at a swap meet a few years back. Got decent money on the re-sellers market for it nana



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jim larson wrote:

Or you could install one of those kits from the late 60's that gm installed under a dealer recall.

 What did that consist of?

I looked a little at new ones, just been too busy to measure mine and order them. 

One of the new styles I looked at had a T bar style safety built into the mount. Sounds like a smart way to go.



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Straps help keep from over torqueing the mount and breaking it. I think they were out @ 1972

 



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I think they were a a item installed under a recall as early as 68 for all the 66 and later BBC and high performance 327.  I have one in the garage.  Gm corrected the problem with the new design mother mount.



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