Front End/Engine Bay Detailing Project

[90silverstang]

Welder

I just purchased a Mig Welder today check out this link and tell me what you think.

FREE SHIPPING — Hobart Handler 140 MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 140 Amp, Model# 500500 | Wirefeed Welders | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[90silverstang]

i hope those pics help you out silverstang, didnt mean to clutter up your thread lol sorry. when your done looking ill edit them off

Thanks for the pics. How did you run your light wiring ?

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Don't know what happened to the previous pics so here they ara again

Sorry haven't replied been busy and went to Las Vegas on Vaca.

Engine bay is white because thats the original color of the car. Thats why I'm detailing the engine bay now.

Here are some progress pics. Removed the K Member

Sanding the Bay
Would the wiring harness go through the inner fender hole or the strut tower hole?

How would you repair this. It is on the passenger side hood hinge mount.

I'm looking into mig welder, Harbor freight has one on sale. Have not mig welded I want to learn.

What do you think about this one.
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

Just using it for the sheet metal and holes.

i ran (on mine) that harness threw the egg shaped hole right next to where the harness comes out. flatten that metal down and reweld all that crap at the hinge,or you might need to cut the rust away and recut a piece of metal. Not only will it be impossible to weld on rust,but it's probably way way to thin of material there now! that welder will work fine! Just get some scrap metarial and practice! You want the machine to sound like zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz well kinda hard to describe a sound when you start to fill holes use some metal as backing plates, and dont try to run a continueous bead use a series of tacks.Your also gonna want it set low so you avoid burning threw. peace




john

 

[90silverstang]

Thanks Smoke. I purchased a Hobart welder from Northern Tool. I figured I should get a good welder. I would hate to buy one twice.

FREE SHIPPING — Hobart Handler 140 MIG Welder — 115 Volt, 140 Amp, Model# 500500 | Wirefeed Welders | Northern Tool + Equipment

Will the backing plates stay on the other side of the inner fender or do you grin them off?

 

[SMOKEDYA]

what i did and you should also. get some sheetmetal hold it on the back side of the hole.from the other side trace out the hole onto the sheetmetal. cut it out with tin snips and weld it in (useing a bunch of tacks). For the small small holes i just filled them in with weld,you might not be able to do this and is kinda diffacult but i've been welding for 18 years so it's a piece of cake for me.mine didnt come out all that great but it was mostly the "body work" part of it i'm no body man. I plan to redo mine this winter (09) and will do it better. Or you could always get the dugan racing covers? peace


john

 

[90silverstang]

Engine Bay Detailing Project

And what a project it is. I haven't posted in a while but here is the progress I made.
Purchased a mig welder to repair the passenger side hinge mount and to weld the holes in the engine bay.. I will post Pics of before and after pictures. I have never mig welded before and let me tell you it is not as easy as it looks. It took practice before I touched the car with the welder and even then when I started welding on the car it took more practice.
I am finally getting the "feel of the welder" and getting more confident each day.
Thanks Customfabwork and Smokedya for the tips with welding. Here is some of the work so far.

Passenger hinge mount BEFORE

HINGE MOUNT AFTER

Here is some pics of the engine bay

If you look closely when I started to weld the drivers side fenter aprons you can see welds that are not very good but as I went on the welds starting to look better.
I am not finished with the drivers side yet.

 

[hsean]

great work i am doing mine right now been at it for 3 days