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sorry I take that back, just spoke to my bro and he says ford and my mate are mental and so am I.... hahahahahahaha flex head will do the job all be it very difficult and slow... cheers for the advice this makes it much easier.

sure, if its that easy, why did the mechanic only replace the left side mount, what you descibed is what needs to be done for left hand side mount, call ford and ask them for your self, every mechanic I've asked said turbo off, ford said turbo off, took it to my mates shop lifted the car to see for my self = turbo off... are you in Sydney? if so I will pay you to do my one. (I didnt quote this time, lol)

if you dont remove or atleast move the turbo how will you get to the top nut on the mount???...... magic? lol.... turbo needs to come off or atleast un bolt it and lift it to get to that bolt and also to take the heat shield off that's covering that mount, one of my mates left his oil and water lines connected but still had to lift it to get to the bolt and at the top of the mount but this did cause him to bend the oil feed line and I remeber him telling me that he almost kinked it.... so your better off taking the turbo off and while your there might aswell put in a 12psi actuator (for later mods). all in all the turbo needs to be atleast un-bolted from the engine and exhaust. cheers and good luck.

he said vibration in drive or reverse.... Im not trying to say his mate is an idiot but they dont call em anti-vibration mounts for nothing... any vibration that isnt caused by eg. low idle(below 500rpm) or fouled plugs (which would cause surging and/or splatter under load) or blocked fuel system and/or injectors (which would also cause surging under load). any internal problem will cause surging and/or missfire and/or splatter under load.

Drivers side (reverse) engine mount is the problem, this mount breaks because of heat as it is a hair away from the turbo, also to get to this mount you need to take the turbo off. the way to check is to stall the car up in reverse (foot on the break and throtal on sharply) get a mate to stand infront of the car to see if the engine moves, car will also dip to one side. if it does that's your problem. its also a known fact that the only vibration causing things on these cars are the mounts, most mechanics would know this harmonic balancer would cause a much much more serious problem. also for anyone doing a "solenoid service" as they call it... do it at your own risk as there should be NO FLUID INSIDE VACUUME HOSES, whoever started this myth is some maniac that wants people to stuff their cars... ofcourse your car will have more boost when you fill the vac line with WD40 and partially block it but when that WD40 dry's up its back to normal and your solenoid may be stuffed because you filled it with crap. contact pierburg the group that makes them and ask for your self. good luck fixing the engine mount cause that's your problem, my car does the same thing havent changed it because of lack of time and I aint paying fraud or some other dodgy mechanic $400+ for an engine mount.