Motor movement / rocking > broken motor mount(s), or just loose on cradle....or?

[cyrussloane]

Hi all, need a little help here. One of my 85's in my 97 Speedster is able to be rocked back and forth in the cradle itself when I grab a hold to it. The movement does not appear to be in the motor mounts themselves, but more of the motor moving on the cradle itself. I can reach three of the 4 nuts that bolt the motor to the cradle and they FEEL tight. What could this be? I will try to post a video of me rocking it back and forth...hopefully this will help you help me diagnose this. The port engine does not doe this at all....very solid. I am fairly certain this is not normal. When running, the engine does not vibrate any more than the other engine, which is odd to me.

Thoughts???

 

[Minnetonka4me]

You are on it...its either one or the other...unless the bolts tore the inserts out of the hull.