Originally Posted by Billybob

itself or whether the perch and sheet metal repair part is required.

I've done the job two ways, scab the plate perch over the rusted section, welding around the edges and numerous through holes in between, seal it up with undercoat. As this was welded, the areas exposed within the engine compartment where cleaned primed and painted after the welding heat destroyed the original paint, and the area inside the chassis box frame was douched with Wurth's yellow waxoyl product to rust proof that area.