nice shot. hehe.
well,there are 3, the one you shot is the left? and the other would be in front,quite visible behind the bumper, and the 3rd is at your firewall side.

that small crack might be the cause,since the vibration is occasional. but to try a cheaper way to solve vibration, do your balancing again if its been a while since.

Just went to the mechanic which i often visit, he test it by using 1st gear and reverse gear by sudden pressing the trottle and i can see the engine seems like want to twist out of the car. The guy said 3 mounting are broken, as what i expected from a 16 years old car which never change mounting. This is the price he quoted.
3 original mounting=RM260
labour fee=RM180
So total is RM440

He say need whole day to do the change since need to drop engine. So is this price reasonable?

yep..since its original mounts and also labour to pluck out the engine averages around 200+ as ive heard.

Let us know the 'feel' of the car once you get the mounts done

Anyway do you guys know how to remove the fenders? My car got dimples on both sides, all caused by bikes

Haha sure i will share, this car was 'inherited' from my mom to me, so i have to fix those problems.
You mean the front side fenders? mine also, quite serious, both sides some more, hit by my sister.

Yep, the front ones. They look soft enought for me to push out those dents from the other side

Last time there was a dent, then my friend sit above the dent, accidentally the dent come out.. LOLz.. but of course not as perfect as original curves.. i thinking of send to work shop or just buy 2 new fenders and spray to silver(my car color)..

Orignal parts is OK but labour, isn't it a bit steep? They don't pluck the engine out actually, they just use crocodile jacks to push it from below so it is just enough to change the particular mounting they are working on and then the next one and so on.

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Added on May 29, 2011, 6:12 pmMy driver side power window was jammed and refused to shut. There was a whirring sound meaning the motor is OK so I took out the whole assembly. The edges are sharp and I bruised myself on the edges just to unscrew a nut inside. I found out that the motor is jammed shut, meaning it is not repairable. I was not satisfied because it is still a working motor. I pry it carefully and found out that there was a C-clip holding the whole rotating assembly which turns the cog for the assembly. The C-clip came out and I installed it back and close back the cover and used plier to jam back the cover.

It's working now but not so smoothly but I want to shut off the auto close or open function. This function is only on the driver side but I want it to work like the passenger side. I off means it stop and press only it move. Anybody here knows where the relay or circuit is to disable this auto function. I don't like it anyway. Anyone?

This post has been edited by etigge: May 29 2011, 06:12 PM

diff mechanic diff method i guess.. this one jack up the whole car and the engine is plucked out from bottom.. and the firewall side of mounting quite hard to remove.. anyway i haven send to change the mounting.. still asking for the cheapest and yet reliable mechanic and parts..

for the front and side mounts,yes.just put the engine of stands.
but for the rear mount, at the firewall, have to remove the engine to a certain point.

Just replaced the engine mount at my friend's halfcut+repair shop.. RM270 with mount from L2 haflcuts.. luckily i asked my friend, if not i might go to the expensive original parts dy.. i can feel the engine's power back with new mount.. overall, quieter ride, increase stability, reduced vibration and revived the power..

ah..the rejuvenated feel...

i would like to ask all kancil sifu2 out there..
A.how much budget would it take to change a 660cc AT into a turbocharged L2 complete with a manual gearbox?
B.what kind of engine is better for FC?
C.can a AT turbocharged engine go as fast at MT turbocharged engine?

A. better if u standby 5k. depends on wear and tear parts and luck.
B. EX5! haha..but seriously DOHC L5 or L6 with manual gearbox but spare parts a bit expensive
C. more or less same for 1 and second gear after that manual gearbox will hav advantage.

just my 2 cents. mayb other wan to share their experience?

hmm.. hardly see any auto gear box with turbo charged.. my friend modded his kancil with L2 engine combine with a good manual gearbox which can make the car achieve 160km/h easily.. all i can say is manual gear box is easily customizeable and cheaper..

5k a=.=" damn.. thx for replaying


my friend got an auto gearbox with trubocharged engine.. but i don't know how the performance go..

waa.. 5k just for the wear and tear? some ppl are saying the fc will be better coz the car is lighter. how true is that?

haha...5k include engine + labour + wear and tear replacement part la...fully cover transplant cost.

if 5k for onli overhaul wear n tear onli i oso lari liao hehe

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Added on June 3, 2011, 9:05 pmweight is the same. l2 engine is using fuel injection and have more valves giving better fuel economy.

This post has been edited by COOLPINK: Jun 3 2011, 09:05 PM

I noticed my driver door shakes everytime I hit a bump, so I opened the door as wide as I could, and shook the door vertically. The door is not sagging, but the door can wriggle upwards - which is probably the reason why the door shakes during driving.

Anyone tried a DIY solution or I'll have to go to a body works shop for this?

Wow.. Looks like you have a bad door hinge..