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Trans Mount Replacement

1. Set the P-Brake and jack the car up and set it on jack stand, the higher the better.

2. You need to disconnect the "Y" pipe from the Cat, there are two bolts with spring tensioners, 12mm nut and 14mm bolt, and disconnect the two rubber oval shaped hangers 3/4 of the way back. Make sure you put blocks (I used a cooler, surprise???) under the exhaust close to the place where you removed the hangers so it supports the weight from the front half so the rear hangers don't give out.

3. Now that the exhaust is lowered (NOTE: it wont be completely out of the way unless you remove the entire system from cat back, don't try to move it around to much that's a good way to get an exhaust leak, other wise it will just hang straight down from its normal position, and tear up you scalp while you are working I might add) you need to remove the four 10mm bolts that hold on the small heat shield.

4. Once that heat shield has been removed you will see a small support brace supporting the sides of the underside of the hump, remove the four 12mm bolts holding that in place.

5. Now you should place a jacket under the tranny, with a board between the two and raise the tranny maybe a half an inch, just enough to relief the pressure from the mount.

6. Now you might be saying where the F is the Trans Mount??? It isn't positioned like you think it would be. The Trans Mount actually mounts to the underside of the hump and attaches to a bracket on the tranny. You will be removing that bracket and the trans mount as a whole.

7. Now that you have located the mount you need to loosen (NOTE: JUST LOOSEN, don't not attempt to remove it completely, you don't have the room needed to extract it anyway) the 17mm bolt that connects the two (bracket & trans. mount).

8. When that is loose you can remove the three 17mm bolts (these bolts from a triangle) holding the bracket to the tranny.

9. Now remove the three 14mm (these bolt also form a triangle, not the one lonely bolt that looks like it is hold together a cast iron rectangle) bolts the connect the trans mount to the underside of the hump.

10. The last bolt holding it up there is connected to a brace to a black hose, remove that bolt and it should be able to remove the trans mount and bracket as a whole.

11. Now that the part is out pay attention to how the two are put together, you will need to reinstall it the same way.

12. Remove the 17mm bolt connecting the trans mount to the bracket that you only loosened earlier.

13. Now you can be disappointed at the neglect that you gave to your baby, your mount will be so floppy its not even funny.

14. Next put the new trans mount and the bracket back together CORRECTLY and finger tighten that 17mm bolt, you will torque it down once its back on the car where you can get some leverage.

15. From here you just replace everything back the way it came out, in the reverse order, and tighten everything as tight as you can without stripping it. When you think you are finished go back and check all of the nuts and bolts to insure you didn't miss one.

I tried to make this as simple a possible so the newer DIY'ers can take a swat at it.

That is the way to do it, don't be afraid to try it yourself if you have any questions feel free to PM me at anytime. Good luck.

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Hotstartup

nice write up man, any pix?

MikeD

Yep, like Zah said... We need Pics, 'Paradise'? Nice write-up. We all lovin pics, you know? Consider that you get a place in the DIY and therefore we gettin your pics. Aight? -Mike

blitz

pictures will be a lot better

MikeD

Yeah...

Re:Vibe

LMAO, those smiles are the funniest thing I've seen on here... Anyhow, I am about to do this removal/install, so pix would just make my day!

Thanx

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MikeD

Well, now we have one reason more to get Pics from 'Paradise' ! -Mike

Re:Vibe

...:::Chants:::... WE WANT PIX, WE WANT PIX, WE WANT PIX!

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Johnny Kim

beat you to it

http://acura-legend.com/vbulletin/sh...ht=rear+tranny

and already in diy, not as detailing as your but still does the same procedure.

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ZiGGie

pics please.. i'm more of a visual person

LPB

Would only like to add that if you perform this DIY, you should plan on replacing the exhaust seal/gasket as well as installing new bolts, springs, and nuts. The nuts are self-locking type and should not be reused.

On the Legend exhaust use anti-seize. On other vehicles use stainless steel fasteners with anti-seize. Plan ahead for the next exhaust repair.

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Paradise

I hate to let y'all down but I did this with a hurt back and just wanted to getter dun, I didn't take any pics, don't be mad. :p You should be able to figure this out, I mean there are only like 8 bolts, its not hard. Let em know if anthone needs help.

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