Ford Mondeo Mk3 Rear Subframe Bushes & Nothing Else Useful Going On

[@leer9951]

Thanks for finding something to teach us despite not having any work to do, it’s much appreciated.

[@the_retired_mechanic]

Used to change the whole subframe for a service exchange one from my parts supplier. Time ive pushed the bushes out and in it was more cost effective to swap it. Thanks again got 30 mins of armchair entertainment

[@allanwinter4991]

Same here.

[@alan4x]

cheers🤪

[@billywhizz98]

Thanks Alan for keeping us entertained during this lockdown hopefully you will be back to some normality as soon as possible

[@alan4x]

cheers

[@edinilsonneves7109]

Hi Alan. Can you help me with my car ford mondeo mk4 with turbo pressure valve problem. 07737475189

[@pawek2162]

Greetings from Poland! Thanks to your video I was able to replace the subframe bushes in my Mondeo MK3. It took me 3 hours 😆 Thanks a lot and keep doing good stuff!

[@Martin-Hollingdale]

Had mine subframe replaced and the new one came with poly bushes so maybe thats the norm now. Love your videos mate, never fail to cheer me up in these weird times.

[@alan4x]

cheers

[@steverpcb]

When you were on the roof I was expecting Ms M to come along and say what idiot left this ladder here, and put it away lol

[@alan4x]

i was going to have her walk past and whistle at her but she was too busy that day it never happened🤨

[@andyplimbley630]

Brilliant videos Alan very informative and a very good knowledge of the old potato got myself a mk3 st tdci n love it yaaaa

[@alan4x]

cheers andy

[@the_real_toni85]

Thank you and greetings from Germany.

[@alan4x]

Welcome!

[@roberthodgetts8039]

Alan you are a great entertainer as well as an excellent mechanic well done.

[@alan4x]

thanks

[@awaywayye]

Another subber here from sunny SW Scotland!!!...this channel has been my go to during lockdown 👍

[@alan4x]

lol, cheers

[@steve0680657]

Thanks mate, my mk3 probably needs this. It's 17 years old and still on the originals. Hahaha. I will be re-watching this in future, so don't take it down. Cheers

[@joejassydowningeorgia]

Wow great skills. Wish you lived closer. You could help me on my Jeep. Struggling with a string trimmer tonight. This was a good presentation mate. The air wrench scared my dog.haha

[@alan4x]

hi joe, thanks for the comment, hope all is good with you and jassy🙃😊

[@miroslavhemza39]

Alan,👍👍! I still have My MK3 estate, 200k miles, it certainly needs a plenty of work beneath, both in back & in front too... Not easy to find somebody to do it...

[@mikeberry304]

I normally purchase a remanufactured subframe that has already fitted with new bushes in it for not much dearer than the price of a set of bushes from E C P on an exchange basis , cheers Alan

[@alan4x]

thats good to know, cheers

[@qrogueuk]

Good to see another video and thanks for the content, Alan.

[@alan4x]

My pleasure!

[@mondeovlog]

Thank you. Very useful. Greetings from Croatia.

[@alan4x]

cheers

[@wtwtch123]

Haha live your health and safety approach lol. Stay safe and get busy

[@alan4x]

🤣

[@joecom9928]

Power flex poly bushes Alan I’ve done my Mondeo mk4 all round absolutely brilliant things

[@davids7273]

Excellent video, thanks! I have a mk3 mondeo TDDI which required replacement of the rear bushes at about 70k miles - I used the better quality 'poly' bushes and the car now has 210k miles and there is still no noise from the rear subframe. Maybe most people who replaced their bushes many years ago used the better ones and they did not need replacing since?

[@alanbartlett9523]

Did mine on the car on axle stands. Do the o/s two first then the n/s. Like you I made up some screwed rod, washers and different size pipe fitting sockets. Mark the position of the frame before releasing the mounting bolts so as to get it back as near as pos. Ford use locating pins. I replaced the rubber bushes with poly, a lot quicker and easier, plus they will never wear out again. Not a nice job to do but saves you a bunch of money as against having a garage do it.

[@chrissyboy123456789]

you are very watchable and you have your own style ...im a ford man and some usefull stuff. Just enough fun and Monica added. But still primarily a car programme --good all rounder

[@flemwad]

You are absolutely completely bonkers. Mad as a hatter. A loon. Barking. You should be famous and have your own TV show. Great channel.. I burst out laughing all the time. I got these bushes done on my mk3 taxi at around 150000, along with my clutch. Now the steering rack needs done.. It'll be a completely new car soon. I'm aiming for 300,000 😂👍

[@alan4x]

lmao, thanks for the compliments🤪😂

[@deanpollard122]

Great video Alan 👍👍 How’s about doing a video on mk3 Mondeo manual gearbox oil change

[@alikayhan9200]

Nice explanation Alan

[@zdenekoldrichmarek2867]

I am getting lazy aswell. Be Blessed

[@horaciomarceloalbornoz9732]

Mónica is so cute. Gracias por tus videos son muy educativos

[@Macgarage08]

nice one alan, under chassis work is to hard because too many thing need to remove.

[@alan4x]

hi mack..so sorry i forgot to go to your channel, will do now..cheers

[@G58]

Great advice. Thank you for sharing

[@alan4x]

You are so welcome!

[@royparsons2048]

Very informative, thanks for posting

[@hambi85]

Hello Allan. I need to replace the rear subframe seals, but in Hungary it is not legal to install a polyurethane seal. Thank you in advance for your help and answer. Sincerely, László H.

[@billystead4598]

The 6 months extension on the mots must have put a right crimp on your turn over! but just think, in six months there will be twice as many folk needing an mot, you will be able to name your price!

[@alan4x]

yeah it is dead at the moment, but cheers

[@danisantos3255]

Damn Alan, the work you have just on all those camera angles, amazing job! Do you remember if the MK3's would sink the brake pedals with some pressure with the engine running? My X type has been in the garage for 1 month now because of that, new master cylinder and the brake booster is being adjusted correctly, also they just replaced the hydraulic part of the abs module with one from a Mondeo, hopefully they get the hang of it right now... Cheers!

[@geoffhughes1986]

Actually laughed out loud when you slammed it on the table. Comedy gold.

[@G58]

My MoT guy told me my car was a write-off due to this fault!! He said the job wasn’t worth doing on 2002 car. I believed him until I watched your video. Now I know that he lied to me, and I could even do the job myself. This is a great example of two things: First of all, I found your clowning around at the beginning very annoying and nearly didn’t bother watching. But I persevered and you ended up providing me with some excellent and extremely valuable information; Secondly, if it wasn’t for the utter insanity of the totally pointless and criminal lockdowns, you almost certainly wouldn’t have made this video. So every cloud has a silver lining. Finally, even though I’m in Derby which is 88 miles and 1 hour 40 minutes away, I’m seriously considering asking you to quote on the job and do my MoT next year. I will without doubt recommend your channel to everyone I know, and hope it brings some good tidings your way. Thank you again for sharing this valuable advice. Peace

[@alan4x]

well thanks g58, your bang on about the criminal lockdowns for sure, and yes i will certainly mot your car and fix anything that i am capable of, have a good one and thanks for your comment

[@Cardetailingburnley]

Alan I don't think that you are lazy but just a little bit busy with jobs coming in

[@danbarnes4069]

Looking for a mech to do some work on my ST220 including bushes... you seem very knowledgeable

[@chasmcl42]

Great video as usual Alan i have a theory that you are actually Steve you don't want to tell us in case we try to tap you for a few quid.

[@alan4x]

lol, no i really am not steve

[@loyndsy]

Hi Alan, hope you're having a lovely holiday in the Philippines, Sorry to talk shop but have you ever had to take the sill cover's off a MK3 Mondeo st estate, I believe they're bonded on. Des

[@johnpoole1842]

Thank you very very much for your remarks, whoop, whoop !!!!

[@alan4x]

😜🙃

[@mankyfranky1941]

Any content is great content Cheers boss

[@yamyzf450]

Alan Monikas hair looks better brown don’t you think? Also will the huntingdon ninja be making an appearance after lockdown? Last time was metal detectors lol great videos SEE YAAAA

[@alan4x]

lol, yes the red was an experiment, mark has been out and about, we have made quite a few vids with air rifles and tracking around woodlands but i don't put those vids on this channel, cheers

[@Gazzafiesta]

My old mondeo went on the back used to bang like hell my 07 got advised on the d bushes

[@timmymues9256]

Hello on minute 14 you say to put the bush closest to the roll bar with the 2 slots to the lenth of the car but with my mondeo mk3 of 2002 that bushes are placed in the width of the car and I don't know witch way I should place the new ones.???

[@conorturton]

Should have polybushed them. You leave the outer metal sleeve in place, just remove the rubber and press in the polyurethane ones. Can be done easily without removing the subframe and takes about an hour per side. Also no need to leave the car on the ramp overnight whilst the glue dries. Paying someone to do it it cost me £200 all in.

[@alan4x]

if i owned a mk3 i would but this car is going to scrap yard and i don't have any poly bushes to show but thanks

[@hTyKn1]

Just about to do mine...

[@Lewis-jj4kh]

Hi would you know how to alighn a front subframe on a 2009 transit conect ? 1.8tdci Cheers

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Is the subfram the same for all the body styles? This one is off a hatchbakc? I was thingking since the estates have a different suspension setup. The bushings are naturally the same but the rest of the stuff?

[@steverpcb]

How about a video about adding a perspex partition between the driver in front and passengers in the back, fan on in the front to keep the virus away, it could put more of the fleet back on the road :)

[@alan4x]

funny thing is lots of taxis like peugeot experts e7 already get fitted with these partitions..but more for safety reasons, that won't happen here on the mondeos..looks like its clearing up now

[@kjw7556]

How much does a job like that cost to replace both rear pin or bushes on a renault megane 09 plate including labor ? cheers pal

[@dogu_kaya_]

There is a malfunction on my mk3 mondeo that has been bothering me for a while. The interior lights suddenly broke down. I changed the small fuse in the fuse box but it didn't work. the lamps are not broken. The fuse box is not broken. elecrick flow seems normal. No mechanic could fix it. if anyone knows the answer please help :(((

[@user-po9nl6qq6y]

Can you leave me a link to buy the bush or give me the measurement of one in length and height in millimeters

[@kevinburns5762]

A hammer? Don't you mean the 'manual adjuster'?

[@frednetherlands887]

Thank you!

[@rubensilvarocha]

On the Mk3 Estate what is the problem when a rear wheel gets the camber out of spec? Bent arm? Which one?

[@twodogz5575]

getting a similar job done tomorrow on my 08 s max.

[@SJR275]

If you're bored ill offer to bring my mk4 down! I bought in July of 2019, forgot to get the service history from the dealer (long story) never got it in the post as promised. Changed the oil, filter and air filter car had 126k miles on now at 131k other than that could do with telling me what's wrong with it

[@alan4x]

what's wrong with it

[@SJR275]

@@alan4x not too sure, feels like a power drop. Sometimes it pulls well and then it'll drop down all of a sudden or do a bit of a judder. There's no warning codes or anything on the ECU no engine management lights or anything else either. Apart from that I need to replace the front bumper and undertray as they got cracked. Wobble in the steering even after the wheels have been balanced, brake pads and replacer of the switches on the steering wheen haha 😂 I've got plenty to keep me occupied during lockdown Edit* I also need to replace that wet belt as its a 1.8tdci and change the pulley on the alternator

[@leighyarnall7346]

Hi mate been watching your videos I have a mondeo mk4 want to beef up suspension front and rear also lift the wagon a couple of inches can you help me Aussie Lee

[@peterlongstreeth6848]

Hi Alan. Love your videos. I have a 2008 mondeo titanium 2.3L automatic. I wanted to change the oil and filter on the transmission. I have no oil filter on mine. I contacted Ford and my model has a, as they quoted Life Long Auto Gearbox. Have you heard of this.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Is it possible the lattereal acc sensor throws a phantom code if the front subframe is misaligned on the MK3's? It started throwing the code after I changed the left control arm and track rod end. (The steering wheel is about 5deg off center ) I'm expecting to get the subframe alignment pins next week.

[@suzeegti6319]

What make is your red gun. It seems really powerful & just what I'm looking for.

[@curtisj2165]

"Don't run off Monica, I'll be needing your services later." Really?

[@alan4x]

lol

[@mercedes_and_more]

Great tutorial video. I had a MK3 tdci and did loads on it myself until sadly the engine packed up. Need any unused reconditioned injectors???

[@alan4x]

not any more, guessing put them on ebay

[@mercedes_and_more]

😁😁 yes they already are but it's good to reach out everywhere. Shame, it was such a great car. Really enjoyed seeing the MK3 videos. I learnt by doing, but your vids would habe been great.

[@jaykelly5713]

Hi, can you fit a Turbosmart BOV to a standard mondeo mk5 2.0 TDCi estate?

[@t5jerry]

if your stuck for content, why not do a video on tools, specialist tools/unusual tools etc or even a history of the car`s steve`s taxi`s has had over the years, telling us the common fault`s with each car, but people LOVE tool vids mate !!!!

[@christopherneale13]

Any chance of a toolbox tour while your quiet

[@steverpcb]

My Mk 5 needs a MOT and I am being nagged to change the oil, fuel is the lowest price for years, time for a service but I have the only mk5 that my tame mechanic deals with and others are closed :( Service has to be without changing the pollen filter as the more blocked it is the smaller it will filter, ideally the virus :)

[@lappylukecomputers4505]

A fellow egg head mondeo man like myself

[@LoadsOfPetrol]

Hi Alan, thanks for a great video! Do you run your own garage? If so, where are you based? 😁

[@alan4x]

no i just work there... we are in little stukeley, huntingdon

[@LoadsOfPetrol]

@@alan4x thank you! Just sent an email to the office 😁

[@chucky2316]

Can't you get the poly inserts like my s60, easier and effective and transforms the car

[@tommywbfst]

Is that an estate or saloon

[@johncoldwell340]

I work at a mot garage and I still have to pay £30 😂

[@d4nzo]

Hope you dont throw your miss's around like you parts in these videos haha

[@bormisha]

Does your garage accept private car repair jobs? You seem to have made quite a rep in fixing Ford cars.

[@alan4x]

we do private repairs when we can

[@bormisha]

Could I get some contact info of yours?

[@user-nq1rd8li5t]

Maybe you don't change them anymore as the owners are putting Poly bushes in, as they will outlive the car

[@troublemotorsport]

2nd

[@KAZUYADOG]

Get some flowers in that hanging basket,if tha wants summat to do Alan.

[@alan4x]

yes they do need filling up, cheers

[@jameslee8070]

Miss mmmmmmmmmm more like 😂😉

[@rubensilvarocha]

Why UK cars get so rusty???

[@zoidberg444]

21:58 No work ethic in the youth of today. 😂

[@supabry26]

Push that Bush. Rude.

[@rafaelk263]

Crappy and cheaply made

[@omermirza1610]

Mot £24 but you will be failed

[@kiwitrains]

It’s not stupid look at the deaths in your country.

[@alan4x]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZSzhaOvZdx1esU well see

[@williamwoods8022]

kiwitrains - All of the deaths are being created by changing the reasons that people are dying from what they are really dying of to this fake virus - go watch the UK Column INDEPENDENT news videos on here that expose this and how there are NOT any more people dying this year compared to previous years as per the governments own figures. Also the VIROLOGIST Dr Stefan Lanka proved in the German Supreme Court in 2017 that viruses do NOT exist so how can there them be a pandemic and funny how that mainstream media are not reporting on any of that. Wonder why lots of this doctors videos have been banned off of KZbin and social media etc - maybe the fact that he is totally exposing this FAKE virus as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4TLn4OwrKufaLM

[@kiwitrains]

@William Woods Absolute Rubbish, are you from the US you need a reality check ,

[@kiwitrains]

@@alan4x Some good points some rubbish it is still not stupid, pity your customers when you start to cough and sneeze!!!

[@alan4x]

you would be better spending your time getting educated rather than fear mungering and spoon fed from your lying government. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKOvaoSBfLaljc0