It's fixed

[philw349]

I got the car back from dealership. We did the engine mount test right away. They put the car in neutral, put down the parking break, and had me open the hood. The shop foreman engaged the clutch into first and the engine moved back and forth about 6 inches front to back. This is a real easy test if you are thinking your mounts are bad. I was surprised it was the engine mounts. This may seem obvious but I replaced them with the Sho Shop ones and it still had probs. They took it apart and found that one of the bolts for the front mount was stripped out, which made it more or less useless. So they replaced the bolt and tried it again. So far I'm 3 for 3 when trying to spin the wheels.

Also some interesting stuff. They wanted $170 to replace the front brake pads, and $470 to replace the front struts (which includes alignment). I didn't because thats a bit steep. But it didn't cost much to fix the mount.


Phil


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SS: Cold air snorkel, hi flow y-pipe,
Subframe connectors,
Motor mounts,
Sho Nut ceramic throwout bearing,
17 lb Flywheel,
Torque limiters,
SHO Nut Aluminum SFBs.
Going for the stock look

[This message has been edited by philw349 (edited 11-03-2001).]

 

[Bizzy]

Glad to hear that you're back up and running again. $170 is way steep to do the front brake pads...especially when it only takes about 15 minutes to do both sides....it's a pie job. Rear brakes can be more of a headache, but still fairly easy to do for the price they charge.

I got a quote from a guy who does all the mechanical work on my car (when I can't do it) on the front strut replacements & front wheel bearings. He's going to charge $400 for the whole thing including parts and an alignment. Ford is usually high compared to most other places. Glad you lucked out on the mounts...a pleasant surprise I'm sure.

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Proud to be an American!

Beth
'91 Plus MTX, Mostly stock
K&N Filter, Coneless
Colgan Custom Bra
Racing Series Driving Lights
Mods in the works
Many items on wish list!

 

[philw349]

Thanks, I was at the end of my rope. I had talked to several mechanics and many of them said there was nothing wrong. One of them oddly enough thought it was the mounts but he said some strange things about the SHO that made me wary of him working on it lol. I spent lots of money working on this and even got some new mods, but Ford finally came through for me. On the struts I'm definitely looking into other options, because theres better prices to be had, just gotta find 'em.

Phil