The Whole Process Step by Step
Step 1: Open the bonnet, and unscrew all the plastic you won't need, both the accumulator and the engine, now remove them
Step 2: Set free the accumulator and remove it from the engine compartement too
Step 3: Remove the big white/grey fuse box
Step 4: Unhook all the D4 connectors you see, please keep in mind that you need to know what you're doing because after the whole work is finished you'll need to hook them back in.
Step 5: Remove the whole accumulator box - you'll need to remove three bolts with the 13 mm spanner
Step 6: Now that the accu box and everything else is out you can clearly see the gearbox mount. You can also quickly inspect the mount and see what is to be unscrewed next
Step 7: Now that's the tricky part where you need to be very very careful, you're soon going to have to stabilize the engine while there is no gearbox mount. When I was changing mine, I used massive three log beneath the engine, but you can always use a jack or whatever you have. It is very important to stabilize the motor, otherwise it will most certainly fall down under the load and with no mount to hold it to the car's beam.
Step 8: You need to very carefully unscrew one or two times the main nut, by doing so the engine will fall down a little bit. After that you need to stabilize the motor and support it with something underneath. That step is necessary because you won't be able to unhook the mount easy if the whole spindle is standing as it is in normal position
Step 9: Now once the motor is stabilized you need to unscrew the main nut as well as the four bolts that hold the gearbox mount to the car's front beam
NOTE: One of the two inside bolts that hold the gearbox mount does not need to be removed, you only unscrew it to free the mount, you'll need it in place so you can place the new gearbox mount after that exactly where it has been before. You'll see that those two bolts only hold the gearbox mount and does not need to be unscrewed at all to unhook the mount
Step 10: Now that all the bolts are out you only need to make some effort and unhook the old gearbox mount from the car
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