... cant think of any reason why not. Just make sure the edges/sides line up, and the plate is completely under the engine(no engine base 'hanging' off the edge(s)), or you 'may' endup w/ a pivoting effect at high torque.
I was hoping to hear a lot of this.....
What makes it "crap"; too thin of just butchered?
IIWM, I'd cut the old plate out & start over; if the old plate is "crap" then you'll only be welding a good plate to a useless one
But I knew "he'd" say "that"....... GRRRRRRRR
Ok Tony, you win..... I was going to burn through the bad plate and drill 3/8" holes every 3" in the 1/4" plate. Then spot weld plate to frame, through the holes on one side, and a few 2" long welds on the other side,where it ends flush with the original mount.
The original mount is cracked big time..... If you can see the crayon circles and lines, they are cracks. The crayon points to the end of one that is about 4" long.......
I guess I'll see how much a new mount is versus building one. If I buy one (taking the easy way) , then I will probably still cut a plate to cover the whole surface. Why the heck did they make these so thin to begin with? It's barely like .09" thick..... They could have AT LEAST used .125"........
