Rirstly, let me say that I goofed & sent this as a individual thing rather than the post it now is. Because of this my orig. is at the bottom, followed by JPI's response and then my part 2 on top. Sorry All!! Welp, now I know how to post a bit better. On with the show....
On the 'dog-bone' I was more inquiring as to whether that might suggest some other prob's. I'll definitely check the other motor mounts.
Might the engine noise be those valve stem seals? I really should describe the noise better. The sound is intermittent, it is definitely in the engine likely either Cyl# 2 or 4. I have been unable to correlate it to engine temp, or other such factors. Today I pulled the forward valve cover. Aside from being shocked by the sludge there I saw nothing remarkable. Most of the time the motor sounds smooth & fine
I'm debating whether to take the bold step of pulling the cylinder heads and redoing the top end. 140k miles seems pretty low milage for such a thing.
One other thing: having both the speedo & temp lighting out stinks. The inability to simply replace a bulb or such is Anyhow, there's a guy on eBay who sells a fix. I'm wondering if anyone knows of this eBay gauges thing