Motor Mounts bad?

[Havocatl]

Long story short, on my 1970 RR 383 I noticed that my 727 auto transmission kick down linkage started to have issues moving freely. After careful inspection, I noticed that the linkage is now rubbing up against my headers down below. This recently happened after some spirited driving.

My dad said the issue could be caused by a bad motor mount. I inspected them, they are hard to see but from what I can tell, they don't look blown or broken.

I just pulled my transmission mount, it doesn't look bad to me. Thoughts?

Could anything else be causing my issue? The linkage never rubbed before, and the headers i have on were dealer installed back in 1970... so they have been on the car for a long long time.

Pics attached.

 

[WileE]

The mount to check is the left (driver) side. (And if you wait until it's completely separated, your fan will meet your radiator)

 

[Johnpat]

You could try jacking up left side of block & check
mount movement.- Or brake torque & have someone look to see if engine jumps up.

 

[mopar 3 B]

This stuff all moves as a unit. Transmission, engine, kick down linkage and headers. Check the kick down bellcrank on the transmission for wear and make sure the flat washer and pin are still intact.

 

[Havocatl]

I found the issue to be the linkage that connects to the kick down bellcrank was slightly bent, so I took it off and bent it back. Not sure how this happened? I was mashing the throttle a bit.

Last question, does anyone have a link to the instructions on how to adjust the kick down linkage? I don't think the car is kicking down at all when I mash the peddle.

Thanks!