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Mark

Mark
+1CEG advice FTW!!!![]()
Mark
Excellent advice. I would add that you should "paint" around the mount with Liquid Paper/Blanco so that you know exactly (?) how to align the engine/tranny before you tighten the bolts if you are changing the mount.....basically place a piece of wood on the jack, jack up the trans/motor just enough to take the weight off the mount, slide out broken bolt (if only the bolt broke) or unbolt the mount, replace with new piece (either the bolt or mount as needed), lower jack. ....
I was able to find time to look at the 4 problems, so here's an update:
1. Idle - we took off the IAC and cleaned it with carb cleaner, on the way to work this morning, I didn't have an issue, the car seemed to run fine (I'll know more the next few trips in stop and go traffic).
2. CLUNKING NOISE - Yes, it is the motor mounts. Question for anyone who has done this before, how did you do it? It is the one that is located on the bottom, closest to the firewall. It looks like a tight squeeze down there.
3. AIR BAG LIGHT - It blinked a 44, and we found the passenger side crash sensor, what do we do to it next? Should we take it off the car? Replace it? Any suggestions?
4. BACKUP LIGHTS NOT WORKING - We were trying to locate the transmission range sensor to test it, and we were playing with the wires (checking the connections) and I went and tried reverse, and the backup lights worked. So, this weekend, we'll cut off the connectors and spice the wires together and use the shrink stuff. So, just a wiring issue (not very surprising).
Excellent advice. I would add that you should "paint" around the mount with Liquid Paper/Blanco so that you know exactly (?) how to align the engine/tranny before you tighten the bolts if you are changing the mount.
Excellent advice. I would add that you should "paint" around the mount with Liquid Paper/Blanco so that you know exactly (?) how to align the engine/tranny before you tighten the bolts if you are changing the mount.
Do you really think I should do this? Considering the tranny is already resting on the frame? Shouldn't we maybe get the tranny off of the frame first? Or should we do the 'paint', for aligning the engine/tranny after getting the tranny off of the frame? Am I explaining this right? I hope you know what I mean.
Thanks!
I was able to find time to look at the 4 problems, so here's an update:
1. Idle - we took off the IAC and cleaned it with carb cleaner, on the way to work this morning, I didn't have an issue, the car seemed to run fine (I'll know more the next few trips in stop and go traffic).
2. CLUNKING NOISE - Yes, it is the motor mounts. Question for anyone who has done this before, how did you do it? It is the one that is located on the bottom, closest to the firewall. It looks like a tight squeeze down there.
3. AIR BAG LIGHT - It blinked a 44, and we found the passenger side crash sensor, what do we do to it next? Should we take it off the car? Replace it? Any suggestions?
4. BACKUP LIGHTS NOT WORKING - We were trying to locate the transmission range sensor to test it, and we were playing with the wires (checking the connections) and I went and tried reverse, and the backup lights worked. So, this weekend, we'll cut off the connectors and spice the wires together and use the shrink stuff. So, just a wiring issue (not very surprising).
Ahh, the joins of 1/4 million miles!![]()
... CLUNKING NOISE - Fixed - We have changed the crossmember motor mount, and yes, it's a big pain. So, good luck to any of you who ever attempt to do it. If a Howto is needed, let me know and I can get all of the details of how we did it on here...![]()