core support

[ndice87]

who here has replaced a festiva core support? is it a bolt in or a weld in support?

[mattswabb]

It's a weld in piece.

[Ogrestiva]

...but depending on how bad the damage is, you can fix it with either a weld or a piece of angle iron bolted in place with industrial strength bolts I think they are gauge 10. the most common problem that I see is that the place where the trans/engine bolt up to rusts away and they fall down on the sway bar. why do you want to replace it?

[deathegg]

Yep, that's what happened to mine, the engine cradle is now sitting on the sway bar.
Wouldn't it be cool to have a bolt-on replacement!!

[festivaWES]

very few now-a-days are bolt it on cars....trucks on the other hands is a different story.

[ndice87]

mine is starting to rust pretty bad now. i think im just going to fab up some plates, cut the rust out, and weld them in

[Tim]

My first Festiva had the same problem with the core supprt.

I ended up welding a piece of steel over the rotten section.

It held up fine for me, and as far as I know is still doing so for the current owner.


Regards,

Tim

[deathegg]

So did you end up drilling holes in this new plate to bolt the engine cradle to, or did you just somehow weld the cradle to the new plate? I know I have to get it done, at least for a temporary repair, but not sure how to go about doing it (that is, what to tell the welders to do , since I can't do it myself)

I was thinking this: make a plate, drill holes to line up with the mounting holes in the cradle, weld nuts to the backside of the plate. Weld in the new plate. Bolt in cradle. Or am I making this too complicated? (I always do).