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Maggie -
I got a small hydraulic jack and put a piece of 2 x 4 across the oil pan for the jack to push on. That way I could raise or lower the engine as needed from where I was under the car.
The job is messy because you really have to scrape off a lot of greasy road dirt from around the lower mount holders just to find the bolts. Lots of newspapers advised.
I undid the bolts holding to the cross member on both sides, lifter the engine enough to unload the mounts, and loosened the bolts holding the upper mount holdrs onto the block. Then I did the right side first. It might have been easier to do the left first.
The trans mount is an important thing to change, too. Again a lot of scraping off road crud. Jack up trans a little, you can then drop the cross member (4 bolts) and then it's a snap.
It seems that the trans mount may be the cause of the problem. It gets all that oil and grease and ATF and antifreeze and junk blown back on it and it gets a little squishy. That allows the engine to shift back a little, putting undue strain on the motor mounts, and , well..... here we are !!
Good Luck,
Bob
:>)
PS, I sent you an eBay auction for a 245 Ti in Louisville. It looks interesting.
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