On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:58:14 -0500, "Shawn" <diskette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"The Kontaminator" <the.kontaminator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> My car has reached a stage of fix or bin.
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>> Frankly it's been a good car the 2 years I've had it, doing 30k in it
it's needed nothing but a new back box until recently at 51k
>> when it needed a new steering rack, and now needs the offside and
nearside engine mounts replacing.
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>> Have had a quote from Ford for the two engine mounts and they've quoted
me around £150 for the pair - is this really right?
>> They're a bolt surrounded by rubber essentially. This is robbery!
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>> The debate is as the mounts are knackered prematurely does this give a
high chance that other parts are looming to fail early too?
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>> Any advice would be appreciated.
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>> Thanks.
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>Dealer****ps always charge the highest prices. try NAPA.
Colloquialisms used "knackered" "offside" "nearside" and "binned", a
pound-sign instead of a dollar-sign, posting through ntlworld and
Virgin - Shawn, you missed the point totally and hopelessly, he'd have
a REALLY long drive to get to the nearest NAPA parts house...
More than likely a Trans-Atlantic flight. TWIAVBP.
That said, engine mounts do start failing around that age, even with
low-ish miles (or KM's...) It's more a factor of environment - if
they've gotten and stayed oily from leaks or road oil, that kills them
a lot faster.
Go shop again at a reputable aftermarket parts house - Ford doesn't
make their own mounts, they order them from a specialty supplier.
Find the parts from that supplier (like Moog or Borg-Warner or even
[gack] Lucas...) order their premium line, and you are probably
getting the OEM Quality part. Without paying Ford extra to buy it and
stock it.
And mounts aren't hard to change yourself, or find a mechanic who
isn't that busy so he'll deal on prices.
And check at the dealer again and be a bit more aggressive -
sometimes they will actually be competitive on price if things are a
bit slow, and you aren't biting at the first price they throw out.
--<< Bruce >>--
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