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im just new at replacing panels hows my quarter panel looking made up out of front left passenger guard no experience at all also just learning how to use a mig as WELL ALL DONE NOW i still have to paint the whole car yet working on more rust now
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good start...
in places, the metal looks like its been wraped due to the heat caused in the welding process.... what sorta welder you using? (i work in a welding supplies shop, and personally like the Lincoln SP170T mig welder... they seem to be able to do everything that the home user needs - but im no Boily - never even welded before!!!)
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savage78 wrote: im just new at replacing panels hows my quarter panel looking made up out of front left passenger guard no experience at all also just learning how to use a mig as well
Dont forget to take the leads of the battery of the car. im a boilermaker old school, and your off to a good start, try not to run the mig at too high in amps and keep with the small tac welds, space them out a bit so to keep the warping to a minimum, once it cools down then spot weld in between the welds you just did.
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zk wrote: good start...
in places, the metal looks like its been wraped due to the heat caused in the welding process.... what sorta welder you using? (i work in a welding supplies shop, and personally like the Lincoln SP170T mig welder... they seem to be able to do everything that the home user needs - but im no Boily - never even welded before!!!) thanks for the reply makes me happy that you think it looks good i think it looks warped from the smoke on the metal when i feel it with the hand i cant feel the metal being warped |
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BuNtEr wrote: savage78 wrote: im just new at replacing panels hows my quarter panel looking made up out of front left passenger guard no experience at all also just learning how to use a mig as well Dont forget to take the leads of the battery of the car. im a boilermaker old school, and your off to a good start, try not to run the mig at too high in amps and keep with the small tac welds, space them out a bit so to keep the warping to a minimum, once it cools down then spot weld in between the welds you just did. thanks for the reply why do i need to take the battery leads off the mig amps are on two and the wire feed is about 9 i played welding on some old car doors before going ahead on the car |
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because the battery of you car the negativ
e terminal is connected to the body of the car... |
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As long as the alternator is not in the cucuit required to weld there is no need to discconect the battery (but it doesn't hurt to disconnect it anyway). To put this another way, keep your earth clamp for the welder as close to where you want to weld.
BTW the job looks good mate.
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And don't have the welder parked near the LHF door/pillar. This is where the ECU lives, and they don't like a strong magnetic field being built up and colapsed near them.
Disconnect the battery, for the ECU's sake.
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arent ea panels like $10 each or somthing? or are you just using it as practice
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na2fairlane wrote: arent ea panels like $10 each or somthing? or are you just using it as practice if you can get ea rear quarter for ten bucks tell me were from that have no rust cause i can only get them for 250 up
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EA-Falcon-Right- ... dZViewItem
ok so its the wrong panel but if ur patient u would get one pretty cheap.. i think pick a part is under $50 in perth |
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just a tip on the welding part' get a wet rag so after you weld a bit put the wet rag on the metal this will help it from worping
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MARK.TANIA wrote: just a tip on the welding part' get a wet rag so after you weld a bit put the wet rag on the metal this will help it from worping thanks i have been doing this as well great tip by the way
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