Yeah,....i I looked back at when I did that ( in 2014), and after one side was done, my comment was that I was tired of the dirt, the fumes, and getting my ass burned up by molten metal.
Yeah,....i I looked back at when I did that ( in 2014), and after one side was done, my comment was that I was tired of the dirt, the fumes, and getting my ass burned up by molten metal.I probably could hit a few through the floor.
I’m going to attempt a set of 3 or 4” bead welds of sorts along the bottom of the pinch weld.
I saw a video of the installation of a Stifflers jr. They did overlapping spot welds. They said they didn’t want to do a bead weld because of the thin metal of the inner and outer rocker.........bs, they had the same issues we’ve had. They don’t say that though.
I saw a video of the installation of a Stifflers jr. They did overlapping spot welds. They said they didn’t want to do a bead weld because of the thin metal of the inner and outer rocker.........bs, they had the same issues we’ve had. They don’t say that though.
Shut up with your "not the prettiest" crap!I agree with you there Dave, they just didn't want to go through the effort. It can be done, it's just a PITA. I was able to get an ok bead to penetrate all three layers on the pinch weld and into the rocker square tubing. I also stitch welded the inside of the rocker square tubing to the bottom of the floor pan at the same interval as the outside, and they are integrate and fully welded into the through the floor subframe outriggers.
A little hard to see in these pics, but proof it can be done. Not the prettiest weld, but solid.
Ok, I thought I would throw all of my brain at this problem.........it bounced back at me and poked me in the eye.
Here's what I was thinking, some garbage between the inner and outer rocker was outgassing when heated up by the welding.
What if that stuff had already been precooked? Bernzomatic to the rescue!
So I take that little blue flame and heated the next area to be welded. Smoke was coming out and I'm thinking, "Yeah baby". Surely we just have a dust between the two panels now, right?
Ah no........so, screw it. I'm just going to give the old overlapping spot welds a try. And it's a popcorn fest still! DAAAAAAMMMMMMIIIIIITTTTT!
Luckily this came to a grinding halt because I ran out of wire.Off to the store. Got the wire, ran it through the machine and was ready to give it a go again.
Same thing! DAAAAAMMMMMMIIIIIIITTTTT! Then i noticed the brown residue around the welds, I started crying here.......I shut the gas off when I ran the new wire and forgot to turn it back on. Weep for me Argentina.
By this time I had already welded the tubes and was just working on the pinch weld. So I finished off the overlapping spotweld thingy.
Then I ground a small area of the gasless spot weld area (wife's home, no long term dressing now!) just to be sure it bonded to both sides. I'm good luckily.
Today I came close to working my fat as* off. I'm way too tired to work on Booger.
The Snap-on guy came by though.......
I've been borrowing other guys carbide tips for cleaning welds in tight areas. I haven't wanted to pony up the cash for my own. Today I went crazy.
That little bit cost $69 with tax. It's mine though!
Tomorrow night I will fire up the compressor and test it out. I want the cs to look really nice. I will probably even go after the MM seat brace since it looks like I painted over several raisins there.
Honestly, this won't be a show car, but it's got to look good though, right?
Dude!Today I came close to working my fat as* off. I'm way too tired to work on Booger.
The Snap-on guy came by though.......
I've been borrowing other guys carbide tips for cleaning welds in tight areas. I haven't wanted to pony up the cash for my own. Today I went crazy.
That little bit cost $69 with tax. It's mine though!
Tomorrow night I will fire up the compressor and test it out. I want the cs to look really nice. I will probably even go after the MM seat brace since it looks like I painted over several raisins there.
Honestly, this won't be a show car, but it's got to look good though, right?
Oh I know.......but this pretty snap on truck pulled right up outside my work bay.......and it had all sorts of pretty new tools on it, you see.......Dude!
Repeat after me - AM A ZON. AMAZON.
Another rape van victimOh I know.......but this pretty snap on truck pulled right up outside my work bay.......and it had all sorts of pretty new tools on it, you see.......
You did tell him he has to change the air ever 5k miles right?My son and I swapped out his wheels on his mustang today. That gives me my five lug rollers.
I stuck one up under the quarter to see how it would look. (BTW, that's the boy in the background airing up his new tires).
Nah, every oil changeYou did tell him he has to change the air ever 5k miles right?
I don't know what to say about this statementI mean if it's good enough for Booger it's good enough for my unnamed piece o' crap.
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