Fixed my engine vibration/excessive movement issue (MK2 1.8 TDCi)

So for the last few months my car had developed more vibration than normal when the engine was under load (4th and 5th gears in particular), an intermittent vibration at idle and also when coming on and off the power it felt like the engine was lurching back and forth (it just didn't feel "tight" anymore).

Having previously replaced the top engine mount (the one with the fluid in it) and feeling fairly confident that the DMF was still okay I decided after a little research to replacement the lower gearbox mount.  She's done 145K so I figured that even if it wasn't the root cause of the issues, it was likely to be well on it's way to being knackered so wouldn't be money wasted. 

Long story short, it took me 2 hours to remove all the bits necessary  and get the new mount fitted (12 year old bolts that have been exposed to that many years of salt/bad weather etc REALLY don't want to move, as well as a sort of cast plate/support that needing to be brute forced a little to encourage it to come away).

Now, the car is day and night different, no more intermittent vibration at idle, changing gear and coming on/off the power now feels nice and tight again.

I've attached a picture of the old mount, the 2 rubber (legs) had separated almost entirely from the mount so it REALLY wasn't doing it's job properly anymore.

Having found out the correct Ford part numbers I was able to source Lemforder parts, all in it cost me £67 for both mounts.  Seeing as Ford wanted more than that just for the mount I've pictured below I  was pretty happy with that deal.

The correct Ford part number for the part pictured is 1751001 and whilst I'd got everything off I also replaced the mount it bolts into, that part number was 1347798.  The rubber on that mount still looked to be in good condition but considering how cheap the part was and the pain in the bottom of getting all the stuff off I didn't fancying having to do it a 2nd time at some later point!  (Working off ramps so had less than a foot of "head room" to work with).

Hopefully someone might find my little ramble useful if they're experiencing similar behaviour with their car. 

Oh and the new part 1751001 looks VERY different to the one that came off the car, it fitted perfectly but is a lot more square in it's appearance which almost gave me a heart attack after fighting for 2 hours to get everything removed, lol.  A replacement genuine Ford part looks the same so it seems Ford have re-engineered the part at least once.

With the space constraints I wasn't able to do a photo guide to the swap, I had to focus on just getting it done ready for the commute to work!