my snub install
12-22-2008, 12:39 AM
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my snub install
Snub mount: Apikol
Stuff that I broke during installation: lower right side grille, bracket for tip transmission cooler, air intake hose. (all glued/zip tied back together now)
AAA tow truck needed: 1 (2.5 hr wait)
Front end remove/reinstall: twice
money spent on coolant: $35
I got the snub mount installed over the weekend, and broke the stuff mentioned above during the process of putting the front end into service position. Car drove fine for a day until it popped the lower radiator hose 5 mile away from home and pissed all of my 2 week old $25 Ford G05 all over the road.
Stuff that I broke during installation: lower right side grille, bracket for tip transmission cooler, air intake hose. (all glued/zip tied back together now)
AAA tow truck needed: 1 (2.5 hr wait)
Front end remove/reinstall: twice
money spent on coolant: $35
I got the snub mount installed over the weekend, and broke the stuff mentioned above during the process of putting the front end into service position. Car drove fine for a day until it popped the lower radiator hose 5 mile away from home and pissed all of my 2 week old $25 Ford G05 all over the road.
12-22-2008, 05:47 AM
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LOL, always the case isn't it? I've learned to expect and prevent it by going slow and
backing off when I get tired. I just finished jimming my HL washers back together after I broke the right side one when taking the bumper off last week 
12-22-2008, 10:34 AM
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Don't feel bad, though. I completely fuxored my AC system while doing the strut tower bar install...
And once, I had to have my car towed to two different shops b/c my car wouldn't start b/c I clipped the wrong wire in the ECU harness for my turbo timer. Paid $300+ for the shop to *tape* the wire back together. Expensive mistakes...
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12-22-2008, 09:44 PM
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besides very slight increase in noise/vib when idling
...not really.
Things that I've done to my drive train that might affect the result: ghetto silicone rear diff mount mod, Some DIY transmission stabilizer hack(not unlike chase-bar).
Things that I've done to my drive train that might affect the result: ghetto silicone rear diff mount mod, Some DIY transmission stabilizer hack(not unlike chase-bar).
12-30-2008, 10:07 AM
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did you end up doing the motor mounts? result?
I have the same problem with drivetrain clunk, and have both snub and motor mounts ready to be installed... guess I'll do the motor mounts first...