Rover 75 CDTi Tourer – Hydramount Question

[markdetriomphe]

Hello everyone,

I would like to start off by thanking everyone for such great forum - so many helpful articles and friendly advice. I have been a member for several years now but embarrassingly I have never posted. However, I am hoping now that someone will be able to help me with the following problem.

I while ago, I purchased a replacement hydramount. Last night I removed my old mount and found that the new one is one of those that is larger / taller than the original. There are many mentions of these larger mounts across several threads and some owners seem to have fitted them by cutting down the threads – I assume on the top part. On my hydramount, it is the actual body of the mount that is quite a bit taller than the original.

So my question is : is this a problem and does it cause any issues with alignment when everything is bolted back up again?

Thanks again in advance for any thoughts or comments on this problem.

Mark

[Arctic]

Hi Mark.
Where did you get the mount from? is it a Freelander one, the body rubber part is most likely taller because the old one will have compacted over time, how much taller is it.

If it is the Freelander 1 mount then yes cut the thread down a little.

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[markdetriomphe]

Hello Arctic - many thanks for your quick reply.

The new mount came from DMGRS (part number KKB101914) and I believe it is supposed to be correct for the Rover 75.

Overall it is 14mm longer - 4mm of that is on the threaded part, 10mm is the rubber body.
So - it does sound as though your explanation is correct and it is just that the body of my original mount has compacted.

I am going to go ahead on that assumption - fingers crossed.



Thank you so much once again,
Mark

[Arctic]

Hi Mark.
That should be ok to fit without any alterations, I'm sure matt would have said it they need to be cut down, it was only the Freelander 1 mounts which need trimming

[markdetriomphe]

Thank you once again Arctic.

That was a surprisingly straightforward job in the end. In fact, most of the jobs I have done on this car have been OK with the helpful articles on this forum.

All the best,
Mark

[zaph]

I suspect that the DMGRS part will be one for a Chinese MG. If you look on the Rimmers site the same part number is listed for the Diesel and 4 cylinder petrol models. Now since MG, to my knowledge, only make a petrol model based on the 75 design. My concern was the part wouldn't be man enough for the diesel engine.

It is why I went with the Freelander TD4 part instead. If the dimensions are off anyway, I would prefer to go with a part designed for a diesel.

[markdetriomphe]

Originally Posted by zaph

I suspect that the DMGRS part will be one for a Chinese MG. If you look on the Rimmers site the same part number is listed for the Diesel and 4 cylinder petrol models. Now since MG, to my knowledge, only make a petrol model based on the 75 design. My concern was the part wouldn't be man enough for the diesel engine.

It is why I went with the Freelander TD4 part instead. If the dimensions are off anyway, I would prefer to go with a part designed for a diesel.

Makes sense. I have done it now so will see how it goes with the part I had - but an easy enough job to change again if that part does not seem to last. Thanks for the thoughts.

[Imm75]

Hi Mark,

How did you remove the old part?

Regards

[markdetriomphe]

Originally Posted by Imm75

Hi Mark,

How did you remove the old part?

Regards

Well - I made a rather nice replica of the removal tool from some steel tubing.

I'd like to say it worked brilliantly - but unfortunately the mount was on rather tight and I let the tool slip, which chewed up one of the tabs. That meant I couldn't use the tool anymore so I resorted to the brute force method of a drift and club hammer. That worked really well

Luckily the tool did come in useful when re-fitting because it allowed me to tighten up the new mount to the correct torque.