replacing front motor engine mount
I brought my wife’s 2004 Honda Odyssey in to the dealer to have timing belt replaced as the vehicle had 103k miles. Get phone call from dealer saying we had two broken motor mounts and broken wiring from power steering rack. Dealer replace motor mount by power steering for cost of mount which was $95.00, Found same mount for $60.00 so it can be done quite a bit cheaper. Dealer wanted $537.00 to replace front motor mount at a cost of $195.00 for mount and $342.00 for labor and $135.00 to rewire power steering rack, told them No Chance. I found front mount for $117.00 from local auto parts store, this mount seems to be a common problem as I had to call quite a few auto parts stores to find this part. I did both jobs myself. Haynes book is pretty much worthless for replacing front mount. Job too me 3 hours to do both (30 minutes finding my set of Crows feet). If you are going to do this you will need a few tool 3/8 inch racket, couple set of extensions (12” & 6”) universal, both long and short 14mm socket, 14 mm box end wrench, 17mm or 18mm socket for large center bolt, 14mm crows feet (make job much easier) jack and a few boards to raise motor to pull out mount. The job really is not that difficult. First thing I would recommend is to removing all of the black plastic engine dressing, remove ground bolt from bolt and then finally vacuum line I would start by placing the car on jack stands (mainly to raise vehicle up enough to easy climbing in and out from underneath car) remove the 3 of the 4 bolts that hold the mount to the chassis, The 4th bolt you really can not see from the top, I started to remove the 4th bolt with a universal and a bunch of extension , it worked ok but was much easier once I remember that I had a set of crows feet. I then removed the 3 bolt from the aluminum bracket that bolts to the mount (they are also 14mm) Remove the large nut from the mount. Raise engine with jack (be careful to not raise engine to much, you want to raise engine NOT the car, Engine will raise quite a bit) Raising the engine mainly takes the tension off of the mount. I first removed the aluminum mount, then I removed the mount, do not forget to disconnect vacuum line on mount (both parts of the mount must be removed from the top of the engine bay) the mount requires a little finessing; you mainly fight upper radiator hose. To replace mount place larger one in first then aluminum piece, do not tighten any bolt until all bolts are started 3 bolts on aluminum mount, 4 bolts on mount (needed prick punch to align bottom bracket) then I started large nut on mount. Tighten all bolts & nuts don’t forget vacuum lines upper and lower & ground bolt to engine. Hope this helps
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