anyone can do what they feel comfortible with doing since its there car, Me on the other hand had no choice but to install the mount after the outter surface hardened 20-40 minutes later since this is my only car and theres no way i'd let my baby spend the night in a mechanics shop unless a last minute clutch, transmission or engine swap was in order. To each his own! :cheers:

Besides looking at the mount after removing it, can you look at the mount as installed and tell if it has failed?
Regards,
mike

Hmmm, not really cause its got these rubber flaps that shroud around the mount so you cant really see it, You'd have to remove it... If you have a hard time accelerating without grinding 2nd gear while you shift, Chances are that your engine mount is bad.

Thanks CJ.
No problem from 1st to 2nd gear. I just have the occasional grinding when shifting from 2nd to 3rd. Synchro?

That im not 100% sure of but could still be an engine mount problem... would anyone else like to chime in with more info?

I would think anyone would want to do a job one time properly rather than do it once and have to do it again because they were rushing. Like you said, though, to each his own.