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Old Oct 14, 2020 | 09:51 PM
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Repaired Frame Crack?
I noticed there was a suspicious spot on the frame of my 1974 f250. Does this look like an old crack repair and if so, should I be concerned about it?


 
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Old Oct 14, 2020 | 09:58 PM
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Take more pictures. Your frame appears to have been cut. There is no support in that frame section.
 
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X2 with the more pics. What area of the frame is that? Hitting it with a wire brush to clean off the c... would help to see what took place there.
 
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BACK up and take a pic, but 1st wire brush the area. Something has been welded on/repaired/added on to for something. We need to see the area in a larger pic.
 
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Looks like where the stick welder stopped the intentional weld and dragged his stick across the frame. Factory frame welds weren't as neat as the ones made by robots today...
 
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