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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab
nice work chief!!
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Thanks .... she's getting there
Little bit of scope creep today .... started making clearance for the steering joint, by the time there was clearance there was not much of the original mount left. SO ... I added a 1/4" plate to the engine mount, can't do just one side so I put one on the passenger side too!!
Then I aligned the braces I made for the shock tower mount and tacked them in ... not feeling confident in my vertical MIG welding 3/16" I decided to pull the subframe and weld on a horizontal plane and get plenty of penetration. Figured is was safer to do it now then when/if it failed later.
Well, anyway ... made a big mess, found a purpose for those ugly hospital socks they send you home with and I'll sleep better knowing I did the right thing. My nephew is coming up Friday to help put this thing back together and check for squareness.
That's a big hole!!!!
Added a brace to the engine mount!
Had to do the other side too!
Hospital socks for shock covers ....lol.
20 minutes later .... what a mess!!
I'll finish welding all the mounts and the braces and get her back under the car tomorrow ...
Thanks for looking ...