! I found rust !

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! I found rust !

March 17, 2010, 06:54:27 PM

Finally warmed up enough that I thought I'd play around in the garage. I was looking around the car, daydreamin' different colors and stripes etc. Looked thru the grill opening, the bottom of the core support looks like it came from the bottom of a lake !!!
Crusty flakes and holes ! No rust anywhere else, just the core support ! :punchballs:
There's a couple of them in the local Pull-A-Part, is this an easy removal / install ?

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Reply #1 – March 17, 2010, 07:08:21 PM

You'll need a tack weld removal bit.I've seen a few swapped by the Northern guys.We don't have those issues here.

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Reply #2 – March 17, 2010, 07:35:42 PM

It's weird, the sides of the support are great. It's just the very bottom of it. I may just scavenge that section and weld it in.

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Reply #3 – March 17, 2010, 07:48:32 PM

of course you know I replaced most of the front end.
you need to replace one of these?

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Reply #4 – March 17, 2010, 08:26:03 PM

daminc, that's exactly the area of mine that is bad.
I'm debating whether or not to let it go till winter rolls around again.

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Reply #5 – March 17, 2010, 10:32:45 PM

if it's still in 1 piece and not flapping, you should have no problem with waiting until winter. This was mine and it was still supporting

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Reply #6 – March 17, 2010, 10:38:40 PM

If I'd clean up the flaking it would probably look like your old one. Is the core support the same in the Mustangs or is it T-Bird specific ?

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Reply #7 – March 17, 2010, 10:45:00 PM

I believe they're diff, but not sure about just replacing only the bottom. that part may be usable. (unless they're narrower)

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Reply #8 – March 17, 2010, 11:35:03 PM

Another place to watch out for...seems somewhat common at least on northeast cars.

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Reply #9 – March 18, 2010, 07:48:45 AM

yes,, they do rust a bit in that area.