Thanks for the reply, I had a feeling this has to be somewhat common and thought I had run across some threads about it but couldn't dig them up with search. Drilling out the spot welds to clean up both sides of the mount is a good idea.
I had not heard of linseed oil before, thanks for the...
This weekend I started ripping out my old carpet to lay down some sound deadening and put in a new carpet kit, but when I removed the wheel well covers I noticed this.
I decided to try grinding away some of the loose surface rust and it kept going. It looks like water came in from the...