Spuggedy, sounds to be very suspicious of a flex disc. Check it out muy pronto. A friend of mine had one disintegrate and it wasn't pretty. Fortunately it was the rear but I couldn't imagine if the front one let go. I believe there are some pretty good photos in the DIY pages as to what to look for.

Tangofox007, do you happen to have a photo of what that mounting bracket looks like? A while back the subject came up about the exhaust bracket that mounts near the transmission. I believe it is completely missing on mine.

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