I am new to Dodge and new to forum. I have a 2000 Grand Caravan I recently bought. 229,*** miles on it. Recently told by Midas I need front strut, engine mount frt ry, trans mount, and engine mount rt ("or at least one" but did not say which. Nice guy) and front sway bar. The van males serious clunking noise on a rough road but fine on a decent road. I am wondering where to start since I can't do all at once. I have purchased the front "engine mount" but unsure which of the other 3 to replace (thinking driver side). Any thoughts. I was going to just get rid if it but I really like it and only paid $1100. Another purchase would just be a different set of issues.... Any advice helpful. Start a new job next week and don't want to get stranded. Plan is to get everything done over about 6 weeks providing my friend can do the work. How difficult is each to do?
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Not to bad with the right tools. I'd take care of the engine mounts first. Then struts. Look up some videos on you tube.

 

Thank you. That I have done and from what I've seen and read it seems that way. Unfortunately, this weekend my radiator went so I got to replace it.....ugh. Hope this isn't the beginning of a bad relationship.

 

When you get up in the mileage like you are, expect things to fail. If you drive it a lot, more is likely to happen unfortunately.

 

Motor/trans mounts, do them all at once, as one at a time can mis-align things and cause issues. The struts are likely causing the banging you are hearing.
These vans can easily make well over 300k when taken care of properly. I would just drive it and fix what breaks, as buying a different vehicle may just be a whole new set of issues.

 

When replacing engine/transmission mounts, try to keep the alignment the same as factory (front to rear and side to side).

 

Thank you all for the help. Had to put that on hold as my radiator blew a few weeks back, then had to replace the thermostat as it's still overheard. Nope, going for the delay now. Concurrently I am having starter issues. It clicks, clicks, started. I'm getting a few more clicks before the start now. Just want to make sure there aren't like 13 different things it could be. I'm thinking starter? Please, I work in the bay area about 80 miles from home so just can't break down that far away. Hoping changing out the starter isn't an all day project...any advice would be greatly appreciated.