Yeah them one time clips are a pain, ill defo be taking my time, found out its just solid rubber connecting the top and bottom pipe together so safe to cut into
Erm shaking wellit could be engine mounts and yes your right 3 with dog mount, I watched a vid once on changing them it doesn't look an easy job but then no job on these is lol, saw your post about air con as stated I'm sure ur meant to empty the system and then do a pressure test before refilling it no job seems to be a small one or straight forward but all the best if you crack on with them
Yep - the vacuum hoses tend to be just plain rubber with no real kind of reinforcement or anything in them. Even when they are - like fuel lines - I've never found anything I can't use a good sharp knife on.
I'm just going to give up on the air conditioning, I think. If it was a simple matter of just topping up the system, it would have been fine, but I'm not going to touch it if I could damage it.
In the end, I'd much rather spend the money on engine mounts - they're the originals after all, so could do with changing after seventeen years. I've got about a week to do them, but the biggest thing seems to be getting hold of the right parts, so I'll be doing some research on which ones are right and then watching YouTube videos before finding out that it's nowhere near as simple as they make out. Story of my life. Fingers crossed I don't end up with a car without mounts a day before driving through France though...