Thursday, November 4, 2010

Bodywork Progress #2 - 11/04/10

Last night, made some good progress welding up some rusty pinholes.  MG sheetmetal is so thin, that I was constantly 'blowing out' the hole.  Instructor finally came over and corrected me.  Firstly, I was welding in the 'wind' from the a/c system, which is bad, because it promotes 'porosity'.  I also had the wire speed too fast and the voltage too high.  Once corrected, and moved to a less windy spot behind a screen, I was able to weld much more consistently.  So, I'm one night closer to getting to the 'bondo' work.

I've decided, after a failed attempt at repair, to just buy a new gas tank.

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