[jpar1983]

Ok, changed the front and tranny mounts. The rear is pretty much impossible without lifting the engine out to reach the bolts, and I don't have a lift, but following chilton's advice and lifting it with a floor jack and a long block of wood under the oil pan worked very well. The front mount was totally trashed. I'll post a pic if I can figure out how. I mean the thing was actually in two pieces. Tranny mount wasn't too bad, some cracking, but it was easy enough to change so we did it. The rear mount from what we could tell looked ok, but that one has to be the reason this books as a 4 hour job. I'm going to return the rear one that I purchased and change that torque strut too. You don't even need to raise the engine to change that one.
For reference, the tranny mount is right behind the driver's side tire. Take off the tire and the cowling behind it and you've got a great view of the mount and all four bolts. Easy.
The front mount is tricky, but we pulled out the fan assembly and the mount is on the passenger side of the engine. Easy to find from below, hard to get at from above. Hands at funny angles, wrenches in tight spots, etc etc but not too bad.
You can reach one bolt from the top of the rear mount by taking off the passenger side tire, but the other top bolt is right behind a piece of solid steel. That was the whole reason we couldn't get the rear mount off, because there is no room for a wrench in that space, way too tight.
Didn't get any pics of it, but I think I see what the mechanic was talking about with the axle. Definitely lots of grease. It wasn't grinding against the engine, I think he meant the subframe because there was a clear indentation in the pile of grease on the subframe right below the boot. I suspect the bad mount allowed the contact. I probably still need to change that, it isn't that expensive of a buy. Anybody ever change an axle?