Core Support Question

oldsonharmont · October 30th, 2009, 02:44 AM

Okay, so what began as a battery tray replacement has evolved into several new jobs including battery cables, belts, fan clutch etc... But here's my question. I found some mild surface rust on the core support below the battery tray. Will a Por-15 touch up suffice, or should I pull the core support and have it powder coated? It's an AZ car so rust isn't much of an issue, just wondering how much work to pull the core support and get it all lined up correctly?

Bobsw32 · October 30th, 2009, 04:08 AM

Pulling the core support is WORK!!!!! Lots of work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would remove the tray and POR-15 it if it were mine....Actually I did that on a 23000 mile original car I own

hoakchris · November 7th, 2009, 04:31 PM

My tray was bad removed it and saw a some nasty rust holes.Pulled the core and cut out the rust out today. Im going to have a shop bend some new sheet metal then i'll weld it all back together. Then Por-15 it. Its a pain popping out all the spot welds but have to fix it correctly. I saw this as the best fix. This is my first post. Not real computer savy.

October 30th, 2009, 02:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
oldsonharmont Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 132	Core Support Question Okay, so what began as a battery tray replacement has evolved into several new jobs including battery cables, belts, fan clutch etc... But here's my question. I found some mild surface rust on the core support below the battery tray. Will a Por-15 touch up suffice, or should I pull the core support and have it powder coated? It's an AZ car so rust isn't much of an issue, just wondering how much work to pull the core support and get it all lined up correctly? __________________ Mike '71 Cutlass SX Convertible '97 LSS

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October 30th, 2009, 04:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bobsw32 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 119	Pulling the core support is WORK!!!!! Lots of work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would remove the tray and POR-15 it if it were mine....Actually I did that on a 23000 mile original car I own

November 7th, 2009, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
hoakchris Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: south side of Chicago Posts: 1	My tray was bad removed it and saw a some nasty rust holes.Pulled the core and cut out the rust out today. Im going to have a shop bend some new sheet metal then i'll weld it all back together. Then Por-15 it. Its a pain popping out all the spot welds but have to fix it correctly. I saw this as the best fix. This is my first post. Not real computer savy.