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- 1987
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- Ford
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- 2.9 V6
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- 2WD
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04 Taurus 3.0 DOHC/118k.
I got it bascially given to me by my brother in law, who has roughly the same mechanical skills as a beagle.
Anyways, he took it to victory lane or something for an oil change, they told him the frame was rotted.
He brought it to the old house, and signed the title over to me to haul to scrap. But seeing as how i cant scrap an running/driving car i decided to look underneath...
I found nothing wrong. Nothing. Except one thing...
Where the subframe/engine cradle/whatever bolts to the car itself the metal around the outside of the rubber is rusted and broke off, not all of it, just about 60%, and only on one mount. The rest are 100% solid.
I cant find any other structural issues with the car, and besides a coolant leak its actually a nice ride im thinking about pressing into DD service.
But since im no unibody expert, is that ring really a cause for concern?
I got it bascially given to me by my brother in law, who has roughly the same mechanical skills as a beagle.
Anyways, he took it to victory lane or something for an oil change, they told him the frame was rotted.
He brought it to the old house, and signed the title over to me to haul to scrap. But seeing as how i cant scrap an running/driving car i decided to look underneath...
I found nothing wrong. Nothing. Except one thing...
Where the subframe/engine cradle/whatever bolts to the car itself the metal around the outside of the rubber is rusted and broke off, not all of it, just about 60%, and only on one mount. The rest are 100% solid.
I cant find any other structural issues with the car, and besides a coolant leak its actually a nice ride im thinking about pressing into DD service.
But since im no unibody expert, is that ring really a cause for concern?