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Old 10-17-2014, 11:02 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Last night I got around to doing a bit more welding repair on the front control arm mounts. This time I worked on the passenger side. It wasn't as bad as the driver's side, but it still wasn't good.

Here is what I started with after peeling away some paint and undercoating.






This is the hole on the inside of the mount. I find it odd that its so high up.






Chipped out the rusty thin metal and cleaned it up to see what solid metal is left.







Then I got the first panel welded in. Again, tack welding it in a few places and using the hammer to get it to fit up closer to the follow the body lines.







And, while I was under the car, I found the culprit in the sagging exhaust. I'm pretty sure that strap around the CAT is supposed to be attached to the CAT. I'll add that to the list of things to weld.

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