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| friethmiller |
  May 8 2023, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 846 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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After removing the engine mount from my passenger side (hell hole), I decided it might be fun, as a side project, to try and restore instead of replace this item. Not sure if anyone else has ever tried this (I'm sure they have) but I'm thinking... why not. Famous last words! So, here we go....
View of the engine mount pulled out of my very rusted out '74 LE. Note the rust (red arrow) on the back.   Beginning the process of drilling out the many spot welds around this two-piece, 14 gauge metal part.  |
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| Van B |
May 8 2023, 12:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,621 Joined: 20-October 21 From: WR, GA Member No.: 26,011 Region Association: None
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While I think you did a great job, you have also confirmed that I would choose replacement lol
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| friethmiller |
May 8 2023, 01:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 846 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(Van B @ May 8 2023, 01:40 PM)  While I think you did a great job, you have also confirmed that I would choose replacement lol Van, you made me laugh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Agree, I think "replacement" IS the better option here but I wanted to see how it would go. This was just a little distraction from my massive Hell Hole reconstruction project that is on-going. Plus, I found the absolute limit for my metal brake. With 14 gauge sheet metal, I felt like I was going to rip the brake out of the work bench it's mounted on. |
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friethmiller Engine Mount Restoration (with pics) May 8 2023, 08:11 AM
friethmiller After a bit of drilling, I was finally able to rem... May 8 2023, 08:15 AM friethmiller After cutting the new 14 gauge sheet metal, measur... May 8 2023, 08:18 AM friethmiller Final welds for the filter mount and clean up befo... May 8 2023, 08:21 AM friethmiller Final View with rust preventive paint and weld-thr... May 8 2023, 08:23 AM
930cabman Looks great, want to do a couple for me?
Keep ... May 8 2023, 12:47 PM
Root_Werks Turned out nice! :smash: May 8 2023, 12:56 PM |
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