Moved thread to the new automotive subthread in the mech forum.
Sorry to hear about that...I would at least spary some rust convertor or krylon on it for now. Or get the trouble areas rhino or gatortrax lined and forget about it.
"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 25:15