SO, sit down.
You are about to laugh. Probably out loud.
I went to Mickey kellets who was painting his defender on BH monday.
He let me use his pretty expensive Snap On mig. Nice big bottle of argon on it. I switched with my reel of stainless wire and started....
With about three joins left and me thinking that I will never be able to weld and how crap I am at it...Mickey comes over and asks how I am getting on.
He looks a bit bemused and asks for a go...which he does...and within about .5 of a second, goes "is the gas on"??
To which I nearly cry. No. The gas was not on. Poo. So its not very pretty.
Next laugh....
Remember Ash asking about clearance to the gear linkages...well no, it doesnt. It was close but I think with all the heat it pulled it down enough. So I have chopped off two runners, retacked it all and Im going back tomorrow to use the mig WITH gas to finish this!
Also spent about 3/4 hour remodeling the coolant pipes at the rear, they are metal...not anymore. Will need to make a little head shield me thinks. But it all fits and has clearance which is a good start!
So current state of car:
[attachment=23398]
No aux setup at all.
No inlet.
No turbo.
No exhaust other than downpipe.
No manifold.
Hmmm.
bit worried.
oh...but the block has a fresh lick of red.
At least I have a clean block!?
and I didnt mention the gearbox has been drained too. Need new shaft seal
You are about to laugh. Probably out loud.
I went to Mickey kellets who was painting his defender on BH monday.
He let me use his pretty expensive Snap On mig. Nice big bottle of argon on it. I switched with my reel of stainless wire and started....
With about three joins left and me thinking that I will never be able to weld and how crap I am at it...Mickey comes over and asks how I am getting on.
He looks a bit bemused and asks for a go...which he does...and within about .5 of a second, goes "is the gas on"??
To which I nearly cry. No. The gas was not on. Poo. So its not very pretty.
Next laugh....
Remember Ash asking about clearance to the gear linkages...well no, it doesnt. It was close but I think with all the heat it pulled it down enough. So I have chopped off two runners, retacked it all and Im going back tomorrow to use the mig WITH gas to finish this!
Also spent about 3/4 hour remodeling the coolant pipes at the rear, they are metal...not anymore. Will need to make a little head shield me thinks. But it all fits and has clearance which is a good start!
So current state of car:
[attachment=23398]
No aux setup at all.
No inlet.
No turbo.
No exhaust other than downpipe.
No manifold.
Hmmm.
bit worried.
oh...but the block has a fresh lick of red.
At least I have a clean block!?
and I didnt mention the gearbox has been drained too. Need new shaft seal
Wishes for more power...