My car has been vibrating really badly when in gear and stopped at a light. (92 accord wagon w/ auto). When I shift into neutral the vibration almost disappears. Popped the hood and tried to recreate the problem and saw my engine twist to the back when I put it in gear. Upon further inspection I noticed the rubber on the upper part of the front motor mount has a ton of play and is probably behind all this so I am picking up a new motor mount from napa this afternoon and instaling it tonight. Hopefully I wont have to do the back one too as it looks like it is a pain to get to.

My problem is I have never done one of these on a front wheel drive car before and dont know any tricks that would make this repair easier. Could anyone offer advice and insite to me. I am trying not to make any dumb mistakes due to my ignorance on this matter. I usually can figure things out myself but we all know that takes a couple of tries and I dont wanna spend all night in the garage if I dont have to, ya know?

If there was an install thread somewhere (with pics hopefully) on here you guys could link me to that would be great too. ( I couldn't find one but I am fairly inexperienced on this forum so...) Thanks in advance to everyone who chimes in and helps me.

FYI- I am the owner of the cheapest car that was for sale in the asian import AUTO TRADER in Arizona last August. 92 accord lx wagon.

 

I replaced the front mount on my old '92 Accord I owned a while back for the same reason. I did put a jack under the motor just in case, but barely any shifting occured. Probably could have done without it. The only caution is to be darn sure your wrench doesn't slip because the radiator is right there.

 

You're better to remove the radiator. It's either the 10 min to remove it or the $$$ to buy a new one. But as far as ease of replacement.... I'm sure my 3.5 year old daughter could do it

 

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I would totally take out the radiator. It's just worth it and you won't be struggling with the tight spaces. Plus you won't bend the radiator fins. Just worth the extra time.

I suggest extensions and a breaker bar. Unless you're like super buff. =P

 

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I did my motor mount on my CD% and I didnot need to take out the radiator???

compression tools and remember ing to have a solid jack under the motor will make it very easy......

Fill your new motor mount full of polyurethane and let it sit in a dry warm place for a while, itll harden and they;; ;ast forever...
if you need more info on how to fill the mounts or how to change it IM me GL

 

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I did my motor mount on my CD% and I didnot need to take out the radiator???

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I'm sure you can, I never insinuated that you couldn't. Simply stated better to take 10 minutes to pull it than shell out the money IF something happened to it

 

but it s more than jsut 10 mins...draining&lt;filling,beurping..**** Im lazy
but I guess if its your first time it be a good fail safe