Motor Mounts

[imdpapaa]

Originally Posted by Johnny D

I just had one of the motor mounts replaced on my 2001 LE at 121,400 miles. It was not a bad repair bill, and my 100,000 mile plus warranty covered it and reimbursed $ 161.00.

well i took the PT back for the harsh shift and they found a TSB for the problem and reprogrammed the computer and it shifts great now.
but they said yes i have 3 broken mounts and it will cost $1665.00 to replace them. yes i said" sixteen hundred sixty five ". they said the engine has to come out. " see flat rate sheet " 9.5 hours for right mount only.
sheet isn't to clear but you can see all togeather they say 12 hours labor for all mounts.

[Mean Green]

Originally Posted by imdpapaa

well i took the PT back for the harsh shift and they found a TSB for the problem and reprogrammed the computer and it shifts great now.
but they said yes i have 3 broken mounts and it will cost $1665.00 to replace them. yes i said" sixteen hundred sixty five ". they said the engine has to come out. " see flat rate sheet " 9.5 hours for right mount only.
sheet isn't to clear but you can see all togeather they say 12 hours labor for all mounts.

Interesting, I'm a shade tree mechanic and I never had any experience changing those types of mounts. It took me 1 1/2 hours to do the two motor mounts (torque struts) on the passenger side and one hour to change the transmission mount on the driver side. I did it with jackstands and a floor jack to support the engine. I never took out the engine. You are being royally screwed. If you can't do it then check out an independent shop(s).

[Bosch]

I can tell you two of those are 30 min or less to get to and get out. I would have pull up my service manual to check that other one. And I have never heard of a tranny mount going bad. Cause there just isn't much there to go wrong. I can't say how easy that is to get out cause I haven't done it.

And when they say "Right" do they mean drivers side or passenger side?

[imdpapaa]

Originally Posted by Bosch

I can tell you two of those are 30 min or less to get to and get out. I would have pull up my service manual to check that other one. And I have never heard of a tranny mount going bad. Cause there just isn't much there to go wrong. I can't say how easy that is to get out cause I haven't done it.

And when they say "Right" do they mean drivers side or passenger side?

Right, meaning the passenger side. even the factory c.d. says to r&i the engine. no way in hell am i paying 1665.00 to have someone else do them when i spent almost 40 years as a mechanic, i am going to raise it up sunday and look see what is involved and try to do it myself, when i worked on cars you could actually repair them instead of R&R parts like today, everything takes an hour just to get to.

[DARKPT]

I bought the torque strut inserts Bosch mentioned and will be putting them in later today. imdpapaa, don't forget the alignment I referred to in an earlier post on this thread after loosening the torque struts.

[Bosch]

So did ya get them in?

[imdpapaa]

Originally Posted by Bosch

So did ya get them in?

Nope, didn't feel good all day sat and today, pulled a muscle in my chest i guess and hurt to much to try it, will have to wait until next weekend.

[DARKPT]

Yep, sure did! I took the top one out and used a loose coping saw blade to cut through the "flashing" on the torque strut, then reinstalled with the new insert. I just hope I didn't spring any leaks in the AC lines moving them around for some clearance.

The bottom one was familiar to me from the Energy bushings install, so the hardest part was arguing with the splash shield. I just removed the bolt holding the strut to the engine and slid the new insert into place.

It took just over an hour from start to finish.

Thanks again for turning me on to the Modern performance inserts. This is how Energy should have done theirs to start with.

[imdpapaa]

Originally Posted by DARKPT

Yep, sure did! I took the top one out and used a loose coping saw blade to cut through the "flashing" on the torque strut, then reinstalled with the new insert. I just hope I didn't spring any leaks in the AC lines moving them around for some clearance.

The bottom one was familiar to me from the Energy bushings install, so the hardest part was arguing with the splash shield. I just removed the bolt holding the strut to the engine and slid the new insert into place.

It took just over an hour from start to finish.

Thanks again for turning me on to the Modern performance inserts. This is how Energy should have done theirs to start with.

ooopppssss wrong quote....my bad.

[Bosch]

Cool DarkPT that you got them in. The A/C lines should be fine, I was pushing and pulling on mine pretty hard when I did mine and its been ok. And the other N/A I worked was ok too.

And no worries man with a pulled muscle don't hurt it worse let it heal up then tackle it.

I can figure out the quotes