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Ford Focus RH Motor Mount Replacement

  You wake up first thing in the morning ready to go to work. You get in your Ford Focus start the car and the vibrations begin. Put it in drive it gets worse till mabye the car warms up and it gets a little better. This is a good indication that your motor mount is collapsed or broken. Lucky for you this is a pretty simple repair.

Tools
3/8 air gun, ratchet and extension, 15 mm,18mm and 10mm sockets, jack stand ,lift or jack

 

step 1
 lift vehicle on hoist, install jack stand with wood on top under oil pan and lower vehicle till pan is resting on jack stand.
Or place jack with wood under oil pan and jackup till jack meets pan 

step 2

remove 10mm bolt holding coolant resovoir and move resovoir to side 

step 3

remove power steering resovoir and move to side lift up and pull foward to remove, recc using WD-40 to lubricate rubber mounting bushings 

step 4

now that everything is moved out of way, remove three 15 mm bolts and two 18mm nuts, remove motor mount. You may need to raise or lower engine to ease removal and installation.

step 5

switch bracket from old motor mount to new motor mount one 18mm nut

step 6

reinstall all , make sure all of the hoses to coolant resovoir routed properly

  Now that your motor mount is installed , put away all your tools , jack and stand. Turn on your engine and enjoy the smoothness of your car. Sure beats vibrating every morning.

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