Hi Again, Have any of you replaced your rear engine/gearbox mount on a cinquento?
If so any how to,s or tips?

Cheers!

Smon

mine needs doing too, hopefully some one might be able to help

mel67 said:

mine needs doing too, hopefully some one might be able to help

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Hi, Can you describe symptoms of your failing mount?

Mine are scraping / grinding noise when reversing under power.
Cheers!

You can easily tell if it's fubar by removal and inspection.

Lift car, you can do this by running the nearside wheels onto a kerm.

Support the engine with a jack.

Remove mount

Refit new mount

Remove jack.

Cheers

SPD

Thanks for that!

Just to clarify am i looking at the mount just above passenger side wheel coming from gearbox?
Had a look at this today and it has a huge split in it, LOL!

Simon

No it is the one at the back of the gearbox underneath the car

Thanks All!

Took me 45 mins to remove the bush and i now await delivery of new bush for fitting. Much easier job to remove than i thought.
Only problem was that on two of the bolts there is very little clearance so you have to use a spanner and not a socket.

the gardener said:

Thanks All!

Took me 45 mins to remove the bush and i now await delivery of new bush for fitting. Much easier job to remove than i thought.
Only problem was that on two of the bolts there is very little clearance so you have to use a spanner and not a socket.

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There are only two bolts!

Cheers

SPD

Only two bolts?
Iv'e removed four bolts but obviously two didn't need to be removed.
This usually happens when i do diy on motors but at least i know where they all go.
Have'nt put it back together yet as still waiting for part.

the gardener said:

Only two bolts?
Iv'e removed four bolts but obviously two didn't need to be removed.
This usually happens when i do diy on motors but at least i know where they all go.
Have'nt put it back together yet as still waiting for part.

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hmm can you take a picture of the mount you taken off?

Thanks
Ming

Easy job

Jack up and support the front

undo the two bolts on the body and then the two on the engine/gearbox, then the big bolt that holds the mounting

bolt new mount on taking care to line up the hole on the mount with the hole on the bracket

then bolt it all back up

'Proper Job' as some would say




Mr San

the gardener said:

Only two bolts?
Iv'e removed four bolts but obviously two didn't need to be removed.
This usually happens when i do diy on motors but at least i know where they all go.
Have'nt put it back together yet as still waiting for part.

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I am guessing that you removed the mount from the bellhousing end as well as from the floor pan.

Not a great problem, but there is enough flex in the remaining mounts to just undo the floor pan bolts and allow the engine to swing down, in a controlled manner on a jack, to give enough room to get to both ends of the big nut that holds the bush o the mount.

Cheers

SPD

Here is a pic of the mount.

the gardener said:

Here is a pic of the mount.

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Thats the one.

Cheers

SPD

New mount fitted at last!

Took about half an hour and what a difference!

No noises from gearbox area at all and gives much smoother ride on take off.

I'll not say

'told you so'

Ooops, just did, sorry.

Cheers

SPD