Body mount complete kit

[carnutjw]

Don't know where your at with washers, but here's what I did.

I'm with Cdunigan on this one. I don't understand how spraying with penetrant does anything unless the bushing is gone enough that you can get the nozzle up to nut/bolt or access from the top side. I am in the process of changing my bushings right now. All bolts came out looking good except driver's #6. The shaft on it was down to about 1/8"(3mm) and snapped off with first small twist. I had to drill it out from the trunk. Told wifey I needed one bolt and she says, "Why don't you just replace all of them?" I love that woman. Bolts on the way from Mike's Montes. Frame areas were only bad at #6 on both sides and #2 passenger, not completely gone, but bad enough I'm going put a washer between the lower bushing and frame. Making washers out of old bushing sleeves. The id of my 1-1/2" hole saw was close enough to od of bushing sleeve to guide the hole saw. After brushing mount areas and spraying with rust converter, driver side is loosely assembled. Just finished prep on passenger side.

 

[druggles85]

Hey cool idea. I bought a couple of the repair washers, from dixie I think. Couldn't really get the body high enough off the frame to get in there with a hole saw and weld them flush. I welded them on top of the frame rails and then cut that amount off the top of the poly bushings. #2 passenger side was the worst.

 

[CrammerGram69]

On the topic of Body mounts. Do they Reproduce any for the 1978 - 81 Pontiac's? Mine is a Le Mans.
Just curious really. My factory ones are pretty Split & Cracked up.

 

[pagrunt]

On the topic of Body mounts. Do they Reproduce any for the 1978 - 81 Pontiac's? Mine is a Le Mans.
Just curious really. My factory ones are pretty Split & Cracked up.

The repop rubber & aftermarket poly sets fits all '78-'88 A/G's.

 

[CrammerGram69]

Never knew. Glad to now. The other problem I have is Leave and sh*t keep getting into my rear frame rails, Anything I can do too keep it out? W/o Welding in a patch?

 

[ssn696]

Get a brake line, a tee and a couple of adapters - hook up to an air line. Start deep in the frame rail and blow the leaves out as you pull the line out.

 

[mc1984ss]

As far as getting penetrating oil onto the nut I have a trick. Inside the body, or trunk wherever the body mount happens to be the should be a simple in the sheet metal pointing up. This little dimple is directly above the body mount bolts. I drilled a 1/8" or so hole directly in this dimple so the red straw from penetrating oil could fit inside and spray the nut. I got very lucky I think the #2 mount on the pass side is the only one that didn't come out and that's because the mount on the body was shot anyway. Miraculously all the others came out even the ones that were way necked down from rust. EVery car is different it's possible they all didn't have the dimples above the mount bolts

 

[CrammerGram69]

Get a brake line, a tee and a couple of adapters - hook up to an air line. Start deep in the frame rail and blow the leaves out as you pull the line out.

great idea! then I can deeply undercoat the car.

 

[ssn696]

Eastwood makes a canned rust converter paint with a 3-foot flexible wand that sprays out radially. The stuff is runny and will escape any hole in the frame, but it gets in where spray guns can’t. Not cheap, of course.

 

[Flyers9928]

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Eastwood makes a canned rust converter paint with a 3-foot flexible wand that sprays out radially. The stuff is runny and will escape any hole in the frame, but it gets in where spray guns can’t. Not cheap, of course.

It works great, it’s a bit pricey, but I feel it’s worth it. I would suggest 3-4 cans. I blew the frame out with my leaf blower as I had the rear bumper removed. I duct taped all the holes I could reach before I sprayed. When you done put the nozzle and wand on a can of brake clean and flush. Then you can reuse it.