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]

Progress has been SLOW.... the engine is in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I made a mistake , I had looked at the carbs and could tell that indeed they had been recently rebuilt, by the new rubber around the accel pump and other clean things, so I assumed they were fine... well I guess from sitting the got crap in them, So we took them back off and tore them down, and I got the rebuild kits. my buddy did the tank treatment at his work and they cleaned up nice ... Then we were putting them back together last night and the accel pump spring looked funn and there was a weak spot in 1 of them so now more waiting on parts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Anybody else find this the most frustrating part of owning a 914???? it is driving me crazy.... so anyway I have done a few other things like reassemble the doors with the glass and paint the floorboards, assemble the headlights completely. install door strikers , worked on refinishing the tail lenses.. and generally putting the car back together and sorting out which rubber pieces I need. Here are a couple pics to keep me going ....