Help!!! 86 4kq cracked firewall

[Mason Bender <mbender@freenet.columbus.oh.us>]

Deqr Quattrophiles-

I remember hearing about this a while back on the list, and figured it was
a fluke.

However I am now afflicted with a firewall cracking around the clutch-
master mount.  Lately I've heard an occasional clunk when engaging and
disengaging the clutch.  I took a closer look tonight and found that the
firewall is well cracked, and looks in pretty poor shape.

This is quite a fault and ranks up there on the P.O.S. list.  The firewall has
no rust, and seems simply to have fatigued over time.

How have people fixed this problem?  Or have they?

Please help,
Mason B