Engine Mount: Removing

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-- Support the engine in its installed position, refer to ENGINE, SUPPORTING IN INSTALLED POSITION .

-- Remove the bolt -4- and rotate the windshield washer fluid reservoir filler tube -2- forward.

Fig 1: Identifying Coolant Expansion Tank And Windshield Washer Fluid Reservoir Filler Tube

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-- Open the clip -3- and remove the connector -5- from the coolant expansion tank -1-.

-- Remove the bolts -arrows- and place the coolant expansion tank -1- on top of the engine with the coolant lines connected.

-- If equipped, remove the battery jump start terminal -3- on the front engine mount bolt -2- using the Union Nut Socket T40055.

Fig 2: Identifying Union Nut Socket

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-- Remove the bolts -5- and the bracket -4-.

Fig 3: Identifying Engine Mount Bolts

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-- Remove the engine mount bolts -1- ; -3- ; and -5- and then remove the engine mount upward.