Friday, August 1, 2014

engine mount #1 done

As some of you know I nearly broke my arm with a 2x4 that got spun by the drill press a couple weeks back.  I bought a vice to prevent the drill press from finishing the job.  The unexpected benefit was that now I have a free hand to spray oil while cutting and it goes much quicker now with less heat.

 fit up:

Weld prep.  I learned to not use flap disks except for very light duty like scale removal.  Otherwise you smoke through them at $5 each.

Gusset added:

Tacks at this angle were very tricky to pull off:

 First weld that does something important (holds the engine in the car).  Great that I got a good one.

Ready to clean, paint and install.

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