Hi Forum,
The following excerpt was copied from a post in the Transmissions forum titled "2002 Protege DX Clutch job", that can be found at:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123805483-2002-Protege-DX-Clutch-job
It just occured to me that an excerpt may better serve the forum members if it was posted here, as follows:
". . . While I was under there I noticed that the rubber in the front motor mount was broken. Get this: Autozone wanted $125 for one on the shelf, Advance Auto Parts was $77 in one day or $43 on-line, and my final source: Rockauto for $34.15 delivered. I called Autozone about their price being way out of line and they asked me to come to the store and they'd match it. I printed out the Rockauto page. When I drove all the way to Autozone, the store manager said no way they'd match that price, and proceeded to anonymously call a high-priced parts house in the area. She said the other place wanted $77 also. She also said she'd bought one for herself this summer for $135. I told her she paid $100 to much. Ha! Autozone had wasted over an hour of my weekend time, and gas, and mileage. So I came home and ordered the part from Rockauto. It arrived in perfect condition only three days later and is the exact same Beck/Arney 104-1606 motor mount that everyone was selling. I'd like to be the guy that is supplying motor mounts to Autozone. Ha! Since I already had the car up on jackstands for the slave cylinder job, with the parking brake on and the wheels blocked, I loosened all three front mount nuts (with P B Blaster solvent <applied first and let soak in ~5 minutes>), unscrewed the lower two nuts about 1/8", put the floor jack under the oil pan with a block of wood, and lifted the motor slightly until I saw the 1/8" space start to close up a little. I shoved a piece of wood between the motor and the frame just in case the jack tried to lower. The mount came right out no problem. Total time on the mount was about 15 minutes. Btw, only 50Ft Lbs on the 3 nuts or you'll strip them. Here's the how-to and advice I followed from the Toranto Protege Club's forum:
http://www.toprotege.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50998
Regards,
Brcobrem
The following excerpt was copied from a post in the Transmissions forum titled "2002 Protege DX Clutch job", that can be found at:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123805483-2002-Protege-DX-Clutch-job
It just occured to me that an excerpt may better serve the forum members if it was posted here, as follows:
". . . While I was under there I noticed that the rubber in the front motor mount was broken. Get this: Autozone wanted $125 for one on the shelf, Advance Auto Parts was $77 in one day or $43 on-line, and my final source: Rockauto for $34.15 delivered. I called Autozone about their price being way out of line and they asked me to come to the store and they'd match it. I printed out the Rockauto page. When I drove all the way to Autozone, the store manager said no way they'd match that price, and proceeded to anonymously call a high-priced parts house in the area. She said the other place wanted $77 also. She also said she'd bought one for herself this summer for $135. I told her she paid $100 to much. Ha! Autozone had wasted over an hour of my weekend time, and gas, and mileage. So I came home and ordered the part from Rockauto. It arrived in perfect condition only three days later and is the exact same Beck/Arney 104-1606 motor mount that everyone was selling. I'd like to be the guy that is supplying motor mounts to Autozone. Ha! Since I already had the car up on jackstands for the slave cylinder job, with the parking brake on and the wheels blocked, I loosened all three front mount nuts (with P B Blaster solvent <applied first and let soak in ~5 minutes>), unscrewed the lower two nuts about 1/8", put the floor jack under the oil pan with a block of wood, and lifted the motor slightly until I saw the 1/8" space start to close up a little. I shoved a piece of wood between the motor and the frame just in case the jack tried to lower. The mount came right out no problem. Total time on the mount was about 15 minutes. Btw, only 50Ft Lbs on the 3 nuts or you'll strip them. Here's the how-to and advice I followed from the Toranto Protege Club's forum:
http://www.toprotege.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50998
Regards,
Brcobrem
