Chris & Brandie

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is it one of those sideways POS's? if so, I know that if the mounts broke,
the engine is twisting, rather than turning the wheels. just a guess, but I
bet it has more to do with the first thing.


"eightupman" <eightupman@hotmailnospam.com> wrote in message
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> 01 Civic with 45K miles on it has no power on takeoff, revs high and seems
> like the tranny is not pulling. It will get to speed eventually, but the
> motor litterally bucks. What happend...since the car is lowered, it took
a
> small 4' hop off of a curb. Bottemed out and broke the two lower
> motor/tranny mounts. The tach stopped working, the key symbol on the dash
> continuously blinks and only the park and neutral lights are on when the
> shifter is moved through the gears. We have to get the mounts from a
> junkyard or from honda as the car is too new for aftermarket, but the
broken
> mounts do not explain its behavior. The local dealer said the the
computer
> was not responding to its diagnostic equipment. I have checked every inch
> of the under carriage of the car looking for broken wires, cracks, or
other
> obvious faults. The exhaust is not damaged either. Could someone, anyone
> just shout out some ideas on where to look. I will take all ideas no
matter
> how stupid they sound. Stranger things have happened, and I would bet
> someone has seen something similar.
> Thanks in advance
>
> John 2
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