What's that clunkin' noise? I'll show you...

[mazilla]

Well, that's not how I left you...

ohhh...







After driving who knows how fast for the last three + hours I finally figured out what that clunking noise was I had been hearing since right about when I got off the off ramp to my work. I could only hear it when I was dropping the clutch or over a large bump. I was pretty sure my exhaust had somehow worked itself loose so I figured "meh, I look at it when I get home and the engine cools off"...dumb.

I don't even know where the second bolt is. There was no trace of it other than the shiny ring where it used to be.


I had actually jacked the engine back up prior to taking these pics because I was worried about the AC line. The bracket on the engine side had come to rest on the line and as such has left a significant dent in the aluminum. The motor was resting on the AC line and the fender for hours, sometimes at higher than average speeds.



I pulled the engine mount, pulled the belt, pulled the water pump pulley, pulled the mount from the engine block, backed the broken bolt out, replaced the block mount, replaced the pulley, replaced the belt and replaced the engine mount. Now I am waiting on the two bolts from Toyota, they will be here in the AM. It took about 1.5 hours.