I have read the thread concerning replacement of the drivers side top engine mount but i still dont understand a couple of points:

1. How do you tighten the mount into place and to what approximate torque? Should thread lock be used?

2. Where should i put the jack under the engine to support its weight? Won't jacking the sump, albeit with a block of wood, run the risk of damaging the sump gasket?

I think my mount is ok but i want to take it out to check the body and paint over where the mount sits with hammerite if all ok.

Has anyone come up with a solution to the excessive movement of the mount- ie is there a shim kit one can buy?

Thanks, have you added metal to both sides or just one side? You wouldn't happen to have a picture would you? I need to sort this out as i have replaced the gearbox and lower mount with genuine Citroen parts, but it still thumps if i change at full throttle no matter how slow and smooth i am. I have bought a Q-Drive mount from Europarts for the drivers side- are these ok?

From my experience there is some play in the engine even with new/good mounts when changing up at full throttle.

I recently went for a group N lower engine mount. This reduced the play alot (in conjunction with a chock on the top mount).

Thanks i'll read that.

I tried a Baker Group N lower mount, but it ruined the car. So harsh, i could feel the buzzing through the seat and it made the dash rattle, so i had to pay to have it pressed out again and a standard one put back in. I have it in so the solid parts are leaning forward just off vertical, and it works well, no judder when puling away and isn't harsh.

They do soften up a bit after a few months...

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+ 1 was going to say mine softened right up after the first week

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Ah i see southampton, not too far.

What you need is a big screwdriver that you don't mind hitting with a hammer, around the outside edge of the mount at the top are a row of castellations, you basicly tap the mount around in an anticlockwise direction to undo it and a clockwise direction to do it up. It wants to be pretty tight as its an M10 thread I think, but as for a torque figure I cant really give one as the method of tightening is'nt exactly a pescise art!

Once you get it off you are likely to find a hole with the captive nut broken off and still attatched to the threaded part of the mount.

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Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

there is no sump gasket to damage, even then you'd have to be very unfortunate/stupid to manage to do any damage to one by just jacking the engine up by the sump

there is a proper tool to remove and install these but I haven't seen them anywhere but a pug/citroen dealer and my local specialist, I made my own one from a bit of truck exhaust pipe.

no point IMO to bodge any bits of angle iron in there when you can just buy the new parts.

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that's the badger, BBM do an uprated one if you wish, otherwise a standard Peugeot will be more than sufficient.

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they should do, if its been flapping about for some time you may need to gently persuade the sides of the cradle back to sit closer to the buffers, though the top bolted down section usually holds the sides where they are meant to be.

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