Hey all, well recently my radiator went on my 91 EX by means of a leak on the top plastic cover. I decided that since I needed to replace the radiator I might as well replace the front motor mount as well. I had a suspicion that it was gone, and after taking it off I was right. These are pics of what the old motor mount looked after removal:
As you can see the motor mount was more than gone! Thanks to the previous postings on CB7 I was able to purchase a genuine Honda motor mount from ebay from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...925511099&rd=1
Got it for alittle bit more than $60 and the service and product was great!
Well, since I needed a new radiator since that was my main problem I decided to search the web and ebay, and ebay scored again!
I was able to get a OEM like KOYO from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
Once again I got it for $90 and the product and price to me at least was great! The service was fast and very professional.
Now since I had to replace the radiator I figured that I needed to change the thermostat as well, and for that part I went to the Honda dealership. Of course nothing is cheap there, and $20 later I had a brand new thermostat. Good thing that I did snce this is what the old one looked like:
If you look closely you can see that the rubber seal around the inner opening was already gone. That explains why last winter when it the weather got minus 0 here the car would get really cold, down to nothing while driving in the expressway, coolant was just leaking pass it with engine pressure.
In all the removal of the radiator was the hardest. Luckily I had a friend helping me out and we got it out after a little bit of trouble. Then came the motor mount and what I feared the most, but I was pleasently surprised that it came off relatively easy since the radiator was off and I that gave me a lot more leverage room to put a wrench in there. Regardless the nuts were not that hard, and the new one went in no problem. Also thanks to the posts here the explained to remove the bolt part, and not the nut! The thermostat was the easiest. it took me 10 minutes to replace that!
Well, the car feels so much better now, and a lot of the vibration has gone away. I still have some under hard acceleration and while making a turn, so it may be something suspension related.
Just wanted to say thanks all for the great help this site has been in gettng my ride working once again!
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As you can see the motor mount was more than gone! Thanks to the previous postings on CB7 I was able to purchase a genuine Honda motor mount from ebay from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...925511099&rd=1
Got it for alittle bit more than $60 and the service and product was great!
Well, since I needed a new radiator since that was my main problem I decided to search the web and ebay, and ebay scored again!
I was able to get a OEM like KOYO from this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
Once again I got it for $90 and the product and price to me at least was great! The service was fast and very professional.
Now since I had to replace the radiator I figured that I needed to change the thermostat as well, and for that part I went to the Honda dealership. Of course nothing is cheap there, and $20 later I had a brand new thermostat. Good thing that I did snce this is what the old one looked like:
If you look closely you can see that the rubber seal around the inner opening was already gone. That explains why last winter when it the weather got minus 0 here the car would get really cold, down to nothing while driving in the expressway, coolant was just leaking pass it with engine pressure.
In all the removal of the radiator was the hardest. Luckily I had a friend helping me out and we got it out after a little bit of trouble. Then came the motor mount and what I feared the most, but I was pleasently surprised that it came off relatively easy since the radiator was off and I that gave me a lot more leverage room to put a wrench in there. Regardless the nuts were not that hard, and the new one went in no problem. Also thanks to the posts here the explained to remove the bolt part, and not the nut! The thermostat was the easiest. it took me 10 minutes to replace that!
Well, the car feels so much better now, and a lot of the vibration has gone away. I still have some under hard acceleration and while making a turn, so it may be something suspension related.
Just wanted to say thanks all for the great help this site has been in gettng my ride working once again!
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