I've done it. The hardest thing is getting the cradle mount repositioned to get the bolts in. The bushing itself is easy. Put the car on stands or ramps (better) and use a floor jack under to support the motor while you unbolt things - the jack will help you move stuff around to get all the bolts re-threaded.
And....after it was all done, the new bushings appear to take up less space causing some play. This caused some noise for me in of itself.
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I just got back in from 3 hours or so out in the garage, replacing the upper oil-filled engine mount (you know... the one that spluges oil all over the frame rail near the serpentine belt every 25k miles or so but that MINI refuses to acknowledge as a design fault
) and installing these transmission mount stiffeners. I strongly recommend not doing this when it is 100 degrees outside!
I took pics along the way and I'll try to do a write up in the library in the next week on how to install the stiffeners. I'd guess that I could do it in an hour and a half the second time. I spent most of my time struggling to get the engine lifted over the new oil-filled damper... the transmission mount was fairly easy... just fussy, moving all of the bits out of the way so you could remove the bracket and fit the inserts. -
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Excellent Job Agranger ! I needed this.
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Send me a round-trip first class plane ticket, keys to your garage and $500 so you can experience the joy of the mechanical gnomes who slip into your garage at night and mod your car! Please leave the new bushings on the floor beside the MINI.
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