getting rid of batt. tray rust through???

[learnerZpermit]

does anyone have any ideas of how to fix the battery tray rust through? mine is completely rusted through the wheel well. and i need to repair it, inexpensively mind you! im not one for OEM looks, so it can be ugly, it just has to be functional ( in other words i wanna fix it and still have the battery tray there) the battery tray itself is pretty rusted too...

[loy]

Lets see u can do alot of things. You could cut out the area from a donor car and weld it in place after cutting the thing out. or simply repair the area with some steel and a welder. Switch to a optimal battery or somethign similar so it won't happen again. Also i think there a few threads on this already

[learnerZpermit]

my ignorance has been dually noted..... please hang up and try again.j/k . thanks never thought about slicing and dicing a donor (which i have 2 of) i was going to go that steel plate route, but didnt think of how to bend the metal...

[loy]

got a spare i could have?

[TomoHawk]

I believer there are( or were) some companies that make repair panels for the Z. One made repair panels for the fenders. They might have a replacement for ther battery area. Before cutting up a (good) car, check this out first.

Maybe somebody knows the name of that repair panel Company. You might search for 'fender repair'

[loy]

tabco body parts but no battery area

[TomoHawk]

Right, ATABCO makes some repair panels.

It looks likethis is your chance to learn how to hammer metal. Get yourself a side of a refrigerator or electric stove, and learn yourself to hammer & bend metal

[learnerZpermit]

hmm.... i do werk at an appliance warehouse...do i need any special tools to do this? hammer and screwdriver...?

[TomoHawk]

try a pneumatic nibbler or cutoff wheel.