Car: 1999 Hondia Civic Couple (ek-ish)

History:

I've done a swap, but lately, I noticed a loud thunk as I gas it in first through third gears. I checked under the hood and it's my power steering pump hitting my hood. I thought this was strange because I've been driving it for the better part of a month without any problems like this. I tried to tighten all the mounts, but they are all torqued perfectly. So then I check to make sure the power steering pump is tightened properly as well, and it is torqued perfectly.

I have a buddy pull up my e-brake and give the car gas and I notice the drivers side of the motor is jumping literally, 2-3 inches vertically when he mashes on the gas. NOT GOOD.

So I look at the mount and I notice a little piece of rubber that has broken off. Ah ha! What I'm wondering is if I can replace just that rubber bushing or do I have to replace the entire mount? I've found places online that sell the prothane and energy suspension kits, but none of them show pictures of what their motor mount inserts look like.

Question:

I know I can just replace the whole thing from HCP, w/ their polyurethane replace mount, but that thing is like $130 that I don't really have, nor do I want to spend taht much on replacing a little ******* piece of rubber. Anyone happen to have any pics of the inserts from either of these companies or do you have any better ideas for me, not including spending $130 on the new mount.

 

The inserts are designed to stiffen up the stock mounts - so if your stock one is actually broken, it's only going to be a band-aid at best.

 

you may have a torn/shredded rear mount, those are fun to swap out

get one (rear rubber mount) from a junkyard chassis and swap it in, also do a motor mount inert while you're at it

 

No, it is not the rear mount. I checked that. There was a broken being of rubber insert that came out of the upper driver side mount.