164 front engine mount - was SAAB parts interchangeability

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill says that using the rear passenger 164 motor mount on the front does
not work.  It works.  I have done this on two cars, an S and L.  There is no
vibration problem and the S installation has over 20K miles.  The rear mount
sells for about $40 compared to the rediculous $200 plus price of the OEM
design front mount.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Anesi <brad.anesi@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: SAAB parts interchangeability


> It's the forward passenger side (LHD) mount that is interchangeable with
the
> comparable part on the Saab 9000.  As Bill mentions, they are not 100%
> identical, so a little bit of re-engineering may be required to get the
Saab
> part to work correctly.  I haven't even done this swap myself, nor was I
the
> one who discovered it - it was Karl Robrock.  The price of this mount from
> Alfa jumped up to over $200, so there is a reason to consider less costly
> alternatives.
>
> Brad
>
> ------------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:03:29 -0700
> From: "Obie Fayth" <bibendum59@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: SAAB parts interchangability
>
>      Someone recently posted a message about 164 <--> SAAB 9000 parts
> interchangability and mentioned that one of the SAAB passanger side motor
> mounts could be adapted to work on 164 engines. Does anyone have any more
> info about what is involved or know which of the two passanger side mounts
> are interchangable?
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