Top Gun engine mount project.
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Top Gun engine mount project.
Stripping the paint from the engine mounts for my Top Gun exposed some corrosion between the main plate and the stiffining flanges. There was also some mild surface rust that needed to be removed.
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Re: Top Gun engine mount project.
I decided that the only way to remove the rust completely was to cut off the flanges, clean up the edges of the plates, make new flanges and weld them on.
Here are a couple of pictures that I took of the process.
Here are a couple of pictures that I took of the process.
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Re: Top Gun engine mount project.
Using an old block as a fixture to prevent the plates from distorting during the welding process, I tack welded the new flanges in place.
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Re: Top Gun engine mount project.
I finished the welding with a continuous bead around both sides using the ''TIG'' process, to prevent water from entering the joint and causing any future problems.
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Re: Top Gun engine mount project.
Originally Posted by el indio
as always a class job.........from a class guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........m.m..........
Thanks Mark.