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Hey guys! This is a weird one. My daughter took her '83 wagon and decided in a blond moment to haul a bunch of heavy rock for her "herb garden." Well, it was loaded down such that the exhaust almost dragged, she hit a bump in the driveway and boom, the middle muffer took a big hit and she also busted the motor mounts. It would have been okay if she had just parked it. But NOOO, even after being warned she unloaded the rock and drove it around for a few days, thus exacerbating the problem. The engine twisted and dropped every time she accelerated, kinking her throttle cable, messing up her fan cooling fan blade as they beat up the shroud, torquing her transmission fluid lines where they come into the plastic radiator, and so mispositioning the poor engine so much that new mounts will not mate up. The whole engine seems turned about and inch and a half counterclockwise as you are looking at it from the front. Cockeyed. Jacking it up to release mounts is not working except to get the mounts out. The only thing I can think up is a lift from Harbor Freight and hoping I can then put the mounts in and lower the engine gently onto them. Does this make sense? Has anyone ever experienced this? I cannot disconnect the tranny in my situation. Any other ideas?
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