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Opinions on cracked frame
In my opinion, to put the shook mount back in the original location you are going to have to do some work to that mounting hole to beef it up. (Like weld washers on each side after welding up the cracks and grinding them down.) Or if you plate it make the plates cover this area and re-drill the...- Nomad
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A little more detail on how I finished my repair. After welding up all the cracks on both sides of the frame, I fabricated plates to fit the contour of the frame in that area and welded them in. I really didn't want to take a chance on going thru this issue again. My thoughts were, if the...- Nomad
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Slinky, I have been trying to find my additional photos of the completed product and haven't had any luck yet. Anyway if you take a look at your photos and compare them to the photos I posted, you will see that someone drilled a new shock mount hole on your frame. It also appears that they...- Nomad
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If I can locate the finished product photos I will post them also.- Nomad
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The prior above post explaining, drilling to stop the cracking and veeing the the cracks is spot on! Here are some photos of an '87 V10 that I repaired. It had about the same cracking as yours. When you clean up your frame up you will be surprised how bad the cracking really is. I recommend...- Nomad
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