[QUOTE=Psygo;49133957]im still confused on how you get those shapes right, after hammering and beating stuff into shape on my 86 for so long..
[editline]17th November 2015[/editline]
but i guess yours arent really 100% perfect either.[/QUOTE]
get a more accurate hammer
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[QUOTE=deathmog;49134109]I actually wouldn't mind learning to weld.
But I will be woefully unemployed in January (my contract expires), is there a relatively cheap way to get into it?
Call me crazy, but I hear running good wire with those Harbor freight welders works for stupid simple shit like I need it for?[/QUOTE]
harbor freight welders are trash no matter what electrode you use. the only people who say otherwise are the ones who don't know better
I had welding as a part of school four years ago and I met my old welding teacher this last weekend and thanked him for teaching me how to weld :v:
I really wish I could take classes on welding, however shits fucking expensive here
i shouldn't even have said anything, every time i listen to actual body work people i feel like chopping my 86 apart again, because alot of it has been welded on top of old plate, instead of fit into the hole.
maybe i'll do it some day... when it needs chopping.
[QUOTE=Psygo;49134462]i shouldn't even have said anything, every time i listen to actual body work people i feel like chopping my 86 apart again, because alot of it has been welded on top of old plate, instead of fit into the hole.
maybe i'll do it some day... when it needs chopping.[/QUOTE]
The only way to truly [I]fix[/I] rust, is to cut it away and replace it, really :v:
Thanks for the tip on the HF welder!
Alternatively, does anyone know of a good entry-level welder?
I know this isn't exactly the place to ask but since everyone is talking about welding patches and I have to do that very thing lol
[QUOTE=Ldesu;49134144]Well hello there
Let me tempt you with mine:
rustybug
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Shit, wrong pic. Here:
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[sp]They are both actually mine[/sp][/QUOTE]
wow don't tease me, I want an oval window but any one '68 and older is good for me
[QUOTE=deathmog;49134523]Thanks for the tip on the HF welder!
Alternatively, does anyone know of a good entry-level welder?
I know this isn't exactly the place to ask but since everyone is talking about welding patches and I have to do that very thing lol[/QUOTE]
everlast powerarc 140 is an excellent welding machine for home or shop use, can be had for under $300, comes with everything you need for stick and if you get a gas bottle you can DC tig weld with it
as long as you're not trying to lay pipe or build ships with it it'll serve you perfectly well.
I've been welding for years and I still can't outrun the duty cycle on a powerarc 140 if I'm not welding huge amounts of heavy plate steel together
[editline]17th November 2015[/editline]
you can weld aluminum with dc tig too if you go electrode positive with a big super fat electrode. not very easy but very doable.
I wanna weld more with TIG. I only got to try it a few times at school and never got the chance to try it later.
aluminium tig is fun, how does DC compare to AC? I've only ever used AC for aluminium welding. Things like simple buttwelding and stuff with aluminium isn't that hard really on plate, but I never had to do any complex geometry but I could see it getting difficult to control fast
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;49135010]aluminium tig is fun, how does DC compare to AC? I've only ever used AC for aluminium welding. Things like simple buttwelding and stuff with aluminium isn't that hard really on plate, but I never had to do any complex geometry but I could see it getting difficult to control fast[/QUOTE]
DC tig isn't really meant for aluminum but you can get by if you swap the leads around. it's only good for thin metal, I wouldn't go heavier than an eighth inch personally unless you could weld it from both sides.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;49134488]The only way to truly [I]fix[/I] rust, is to cut it away and replace it, really :v:[/QUOTE]
all the rust is cut away, but all my replacement pieces are slightly too large, and i've made holes to spot weld them on with mig, so they end up being slightly taller than the rest of the metal.
Speaking of rust repairs and body work, I'm going to pretty much need an A-Z guide pretty soon, my birthday present (that I did help buy) should be arriving today on a trailer.
Will post pics when it arrives
Sweeeet.
My welder is running like SHIT right now. It's a Lincoln 120v mig. If I weld something on the bench it'll penetrate and work perfect. The minute I go over to the car and try to tack up some exhaust or something it'll just "ball up" on the wire that's coming out and all I end up doing it stacking filler onto the surface I'm trying to weld. No penetration. That's about 2/3 of the time. I'll try to restrike an arc and it'll bite then, give me a nice snapping weld that works properly. Then I'll stop and pull the trigger again and it'll just do the shit weld with no snapping, more of a 'hiss'. Very frustrating. I've tried grounding it different with the clamp, all that ish. Different wire feed settings, I've cranked my power up as high as it goes.
All I can figure is it doesn't like running through an extension cord. But that wouldn't explain why it welds OK on a piece of scrap while still being plugged in with an extension cord. Sigh. The flex pipe on the Talon is a disaster zone of shit welds.
[QUOTE=butre;49134858]everlast powerarc 140 is an excellent welding machine for home or shop use, can be had for under $300, comes with everything you need for stick and if you get a gas bottle you can DC tig weld with it
as long as you're not trying to lay pipe or build ships with it it'll serve you perfectly well.
I've been welding for years and I still can't outrun the duty cycle on a powerarc 140 if I'm not welding huge amounts of heavy plate steel together
[editline]17th November 2015[/editline]
you can weld aluminum with dc tig too if you go electrode positive with a big super fat electrode. not very easy but very doable.[/QUOTE]
Thanks!
[QUOTE=Lerlth;49133260]Does anyone have a good suggestion for a four cylinder exhaust? Something throaty and pretty quiet from 1K-2.5K RPM? Just wondering. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Leave the stock catalytic converter in it and pick anything that's a chambered muffler, the longer the better. Also a very long resonator like over 2ft or as long as you can fit.
[QUOTE=clutch2;49135768]Sweeeet.
My welder is running like SHIT right now. It's a Lincoln 120v mig. If I weld something on the bench it'll penetrate and work perfect. The minute I go over to the car and try to tack up some exhaust or something it'll just "ball up" on the wire that's coming out and all I end up doing it stacking filler onto the surface I'm trying to weld. No penetration. That's about 2/3 of the time. I'll try to restrike an arc and it'll bite then, give me a nice snapping weld that works properly. Then I'll stop and pull the trigger again and it'll just do the shit weld with no snapping, more of a 'hiss'. Very frustrating. I've tried grounding it different with the clamp, all that ish. Different wire feed settings, I've cranked my power up as high as it goes.
All I can figure is it doesn't like running through an extension cord. But that wouldn't explain why it welds OK on a piece of scrap while still being plugged in with an extension cord. Sigh. The flex pipe on the Talon is a disaster zone of shit welds.[/QUOTE]
extension cords aren't universal, you need heavier cables for heavier usage scenarios. welding is about as heavy a usage scenario as it gets.
[QUOTE=deathmog;49134523]Thanks for the tip on the HF welder!
Alternatively, does anyone know of a good entry-level welder?
I know this isn't exactly the place to ask but since everyone is talking about welding patches and I have to do that very thing lol[/QUOTE]
Hey look its my area of expertise!
Look on Craigslist a lot and check out industrial auctions.Odds are some weekend warrior bought one used it for 2 seconds and now his wife wants him to sell it.The auction route on the other hand places go under or upgrade all the time be careful with what you look at digital controls are not as forgiving as analogue controls.
Welding is relatively easy to learn but it takes a while to master.
I made a Flash animation for a class
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treadwear rating: ∞
So I got my distributor from 440source and a new carb from Rockauto.The Distributor well looks like a distributor havnt installed it yet but planning on it this weekend.
Also got a Carb went with a re manufactured thermoquad off Rockauto doing my research alot of people seem to swear by them so I figure ill give it a shot,its a '74 off a HO 440 so it should match my needs pretty well.
Its actually the second carb I bought,first one was used off ebay,the seller packed it loose in a box that was a bit big it was pretty well in pieces when it got here.
Can't remember if I posted this in the thread, but since the Slaab V1 was totaled in September I acquired the Slaab V2! It's a 1993 900s. Got some fancy things the silver one didn't like an official clarion radio and a rear defroster that works! Also significantly less rust, just one minor spot that I fixed up pretty well, but didn't do a very good job color matching. Less rust because most of the major rust spots have been sealed with that spray on stuff.
Unfortunately one thing it doesn't have over silver is that it's an auto, the pretty bad 3 speed Borg-Warner that gets horrendous MPG. But that'll be fixed in the spring when I can hopefully get the lower miles engine and transmission from the silver one swapped in. Until then I'm glad to have another Slaab.
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Also, my pretty fitting dashboard ornaments.
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Would parts from a 2003 Honda Civic EX work for a 2002 Honda Civic EX? My girlfriend's brother has a 2003 Honda Civic that doesn't "work", I don't know why exactly but he says the suspension is fine and I was looking for a new suspension system in mine.
[QUOTE=Exigent;49136654]Would parts from a 2003 Honda Civic EX work for a 2002 Honda Civic EX? My girlfriend's brother has a 2003 Honda Civic that doesn't "work", I don't know why exactly but he says the suspension is fine and I was looking for a new suspension system in mine.[/QUOTE]
Maybe ,look at online dealers like rock auto and if the par numbers match between the 03 and 02 it should be fine.
Well, I drove the Durango around the last couple days; waiting for my wheel bearing to arrive in the mail, and repositioned the spark plug wires due to a TSB that there was a misfire being caused by the wires running parallel for too long a run, which made it miss at idle, so I basically had to turn it into a mess so they didn't run parralel following the TSB pictures.
I fixed two of the dents in the body just using a suction cup. Luckily there was no memory yet so they just stayed. I'm severely thinking about a brush guard just to hide the fender dent above the headlight.
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[QUOTE=Exigent;49136654]Would parts from a 2003 Honda Civic EX work for a 2002 Honda Civic EX? My girlfriend's brother has a 2003 Honda Civic that doesn't "work", I don't know why exactly but he says the suspension is fine and I was looking for a new suspension system in mine.[/QUOTE]
The EM2/ES2/EP3/DC5 all share the same platform, struts from any of these cars will directly fit in the others although spring rates will be different depending on chassis but nothing significant. There is however two slight differences among them which can be fixed with some slight modification.
[url]http://honda-tech.com/honda-civic-2001-2005-78/rsx-suspension-01-05-civics-1715937/#post24152560[/url]
That thread goes over all the major differences among the suspension on your platform AFAIK.
This thread goes over everything else.
[url]http://www.civicforums.com/forums/44-suspension-performance/345044-em2-dc5-ep3-suspension-compatibility.html[/url]
I've had HF welders and they do well. But. Do not get flux core. You want to run gas. Gas is the only way to go on mig'n.
Stick is very simple for a welder to do, I've never seen a welder that coudnt run stick do how crappy it was made.
Tig... I bought the HF rig machine for giggles and it wasn't that bad of a machine. Granted I put a different torch and foot pedal on it.
There are alot of people that believe you have to get a welder from a known good brand but really I've seen the Chinese welders do the same stuff! Here lately I've been searching for a motor driven welder, finally pulled the trigger on a Bobcat 225G 10kwatts. Perfect! Welder and a pretty beefy generator.
So o here's a rant wile I try to get my hung over ass felling like I should do something.
Please forgive my lack of knowledge about brands and models, but, opinions?
[url]http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/tls/5273253292.html[/url]
[url]http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/tls/5244684815.html[/url]
Just a few dirt cheap ones i found while dicking around at work but I'll keep looking.
[QUOTE=deathmog;49139380]Please forgive my lack of knowledge about brands and models, but, opinions?
[url]http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/tls/5273253292.html[/url]
[url]http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/tls/5244684815.html[/url]
Just a few dirt cheap ones i found while dicking around at work but I'll keep looking.[/QUOTE]
For automotive sheet metal youd want wire feed.
Okay, I'll search accordingly then.
Are there any particular models or brands I should be looking for?
Butre suggested a everlast powerarc 140 but I just want to explore all of my options.
Thank you!
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