WOW, my "solid" car aint so solid, but now it is solid!, It is off jack stands!!! Options

[wayne1234]

Well, I decided to look into the new car more that I got from a member on here. there was a trunk floor repair that left a little to be desired. I tried using flux cored mig welding and didnt have much luck, so yesterday I got a tank and some gas @ $200 (ouch) and I was doing some survey work on the front trunk. Let me say I was way too excited to get my car and I looked underneath and saw a couple of rust throughts on the passenger side near the rear but the "longs" where I spent most of my 5 minutes looking was solid. and I though no big deal just a couple of pan spots. and under the new battery tray looked solid from the engine compartment. well under the battery tray "hell hole" was described as" not perfect". there is a piece of metal screwed over the bad stuff. making it appear solid. Then the big suprise, there has been por15 used on the motor mount I thought it looked real rough and when i pushed on it with my finger oops a hole. some poking with a screw driver resulted in the hole you see. the I looked further back at the arm that goes to the rear suspension and it is also por15 with a odd look . more poking and you guessed it a hole. I guess some one thinks por15 is structural. NOT,,, Well I dont mind documenting this because I will fix it right. but hopefully my eagerness to finally get my 914 will make someone else take a second look at the car they are looking at. Mine look great in photo's and even pretty good in person. but it had a dark secret. Now the Real question on the motor mount and (trailing arm mount?) guess that's what its called. what should I paint the back of the metal with and what gauge should I use, should I make drain holes so It wont hold water in the future? Im gonna try to do all this welding with the motor in the car. I fear I will never get the car back together if I take out the motor. Thanks for all your input. Wayne

[wayne1234]

Thanks for the offer mudfoot. i looked at your sig, I just got rid of a 02 Mini Cooper last weekend. I have a Audi TT also So if you have one as well we must be living in a parallel universe. Any ways I hope it be well on my way with the repair by then. but the offer is much appreciated. I sometimes have the lack of motivation virus. I have really inspected poke and prodded the longs. they are very solid. I think the top section became more rusty due to the fact of a piece of metal being welded over the rust before. trapping moisture. if it had been cut out and replaced I dont think it would have even got as far as it did, but a 10" X 2.5"section only on the top. isn't going to scare me into a new tub. nor the hole in the inner fender . it just gonna take time and patience. as far as the motor mount Again I think the por15 over the old rust did more harm than good. Its just metal it can always be welded back. I plan on taking a ton of pictures. tonight I'm going to clean up all my rough cuts and hopefully make templates. then Friday cut some metal from the templates. Then this weekend a close friend is gonna help and he has done a ton of sheet metal rust repair & welding on a totally rotted Chevy truck (cab corners, door sills, & complete floor). so Ill have a more experienced welding eye behind me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)