DirtyComanche Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 What amperage is it? I can weld with mine at 35-40amps without much problem. Other than that's not enough amperage unless you're working with sheet. And who welds sheet with a stick? If it's a 90 amp unit, you should have no problem laying down a decent bead... (Unless the breaker goes) 35-40 amps and a 3/32 rod of 6013, 70-90 and a 3/16 rod of 6013 and it should do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Thats some small rod there 3/32.. I hardly ever use anything smaller the 1/4 :D Talk about single passwelding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpy Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 one other nice thing about wire feed welders is you don't have to worry about proper rod storage/prep, as they love to absorb moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I store my welding rods in the lil containers you can buy for them.. and have had zero issues with moisture and if by some chane the do get moist.. lay them out on a disposable aluminum pan.. and bake them :brows: Believe it or not.. at the local shipyard.. some of the welds call for the rods to be preheated :eek: thats where I learned that trick ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnaevd Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 you could store them in a ziplock bag with a couple slices of plain white bread...it works for my cookies to keep them fresh :drool: ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 What amperage is it? It says it's a 100amp unit, but somehow I doubt I'm getting that. For $65, I didn't expect a whole lot out of it and I feel more comfortable with a pro welding my important stuff anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 you could store them in a ziplock bag with a couple slices of plain white bread...it works for my cookies to keep them fresh :drool: ... You store your cookies with your welding rods? I bet the smell when you're welding is great! As for the Auto Helmet I use mine for one reason - the more I get to welding the more comfortable I become and once I get back in the groove of striking arcs with the helmet down I stop realizing I can't see. The result is striking a nice arc with my eyes wide open and the helmet up. I figured there is a limited amount of damage I want to do to my retinas and the auto helmet is more consistent than the ol' brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhill Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 i have a auto dark hood from snap on and i hate it. welding on the table is good as hell, but on the truck its a diff story w/ shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 I got some work done today. Not a lot, but not too bad considering I figured I wouldn't even be able to. Believe it or not, Jeet Kun Do is a pretty good way to make your entire body sore to the point of being useless. Anyways, figured I'd better make some spring hangers. My origonal plan to use 4x4x.250 HSS didn't work out. The ID is 2.5" on it, but you need about 2.75" for misalignment (allow the leaves to flex). So I built 'em out of plate. First one welded up, still hot. Image Not Found Most of the slag off. Image Not Found There was a couple little nasties in that welding. On place the weld got contaminated and is porous, but I don't think I'll bother fixing it as it hardly matters. Or maybe I will. Other side burned in. Image Not Found When I quit taking pictures (got too dark) Image Not Found I did take the slag off the welds on the second hanger and there was no flaws. Oh, and I had a wonderously aweful idea... I'm going to drill out the plug welds on both of my D44s, and put the waggy tubes in the ford centre section. No cutting, no mess, hopefully they are both slip fit or I'm f'ed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Oh yeah, the one hanger bent a bit from the heat. It looks a lot worse than it is. I put a leaf bolt through it and torqued it down and it'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I hate to tell you , but most axle tubes are pressed in using a huge press after the center section is heated :eek: your idea might be flawed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 No pics tonight, but I got the front xmember welded onto the truck. And then I hung the leafs from the front just to make sure on where I should put the hangers in the back. Then I started messing with my temporary tranny xmember, and seeing if I can make my other tranny mount work with a peugeot. It's probably an AW4 mount. The short answer is that some things are gonna be changed. It's annoying I couldn't just find another puker mount and use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpy Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I store my welding rods in the lil containers you can buy for them.. and have had zero issues with moisture and if by some chane the do get moist.. lay them out on a disposable aluminum pan.. and bake them :brows: Believe it or not.. at the local shipyard.. some of the welds call for the rods to be preheated :eek: thats where I learned that trick ;) any rod burns better when its kept heated...i can't recall which rods require heating...i learned the hard way not to put them in ur pocket..lol :grrrr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnaevd Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 hey dirty, do you have an on-line picture gallery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Try this: You'll realize that I only post relevent pics. Unless you're really interested in the 86 LWB I gave away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jage Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Dirty, Are you going across the spring hangers with something or just leaving them? Even a small cross piece would be a lot sturdier. Just my 2¢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Leaving them.... For now. I might brace them in a triangular fashion, but it would have made a lot more sense to do that before welding them to the truck. However, I think they're strong enough. Maybe I'll box the front of them. We'll have to see where the springs end up before I do anything else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 BS thing stuck in place. Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 Not a lot of progress, been kinda busy between work and trying to get back into school. But the good news is that someday I will be fixing planes for a living! Or maybe that's bad news for most people.... Thought I'd ask, are motor mounts supposed to have this much play? Image Not Found Or should I have replaced them about 2 years ago? Anyways, after just about killing DD after an encounter with a water hazard, I decided a better intake/snorkel should be in order for both. However, I cut BB first as she's already a Miss Frankenstein. Image Not Found Then I'll put a hole through into the engine bay there, and run ABS pipe and some radiator hose to make the intake system. And I poked around at some other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I think your motor mount is history.. but I might be wrong ;) On Casper the PO made a snorkle of sorts by using the stock air cleaner some flexible tubing, and some abs or pvc pipe... can't tell you if it works, or if it lets in enough air as I have been unable to get off my a$$ and work on it lately, but this w/e is going to be nice, and I am off, so I will work on it this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 I think your motor mount is history.. but I might be wrong ;) That's kidna what I was thinking... But, it's been like that for 2 years and not broken. :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Top half of that side is completely missing on my 88. No disasters yet. I did my most redneck fix yet and squirted a whole mess of household silicone in there. Not that I thought it would help in any way, but I was bored and curious. :brows: A dangerous combination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randimal Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Motor mount actually looks OK. There is supposed to be a gap between the rubber and the steel. But you can't actually tell from the picture what condition the rubber is in. Usually it tends to crack right along the bolt. Its hard to see, you sometimes have to stick your head way in there to find a crack. Generally, the drivers side goes first. Aftermarket motor mounts are really beefy. You can get Poly or rubber. Most people like the rubber because the poly makes you feel the engine vibes intimately through the seat of your pants. However, some people enjoy this. You're call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 I'd be getting the poly ones then! But, we'll wait till it breaks. As is the nature of how I do things. Okay, made some progress, but I dunno about this D44... Image Not Found How do you get that ring off? I tried pulling on it, went out and bought a jawed puller, but can't fit it in... It wiggles, but it won't come out. :dunno: This is what has come off so far: Image Not Found (Some of the bolts are for the 12B, nevermind them) Any thoughts? I decided I better work on the 12B. Just mockup for now. Started basic prep: Image Not Found Spring perch mock-up: Image Not Found Building spring plates and UBE's (U-bolt eliminators...) Image Not Found I also decided to move the wheelbase back about 1.5" at this time. Tacking perches in. Pinion is 6* up. Decent guess. Image Not Found UBE mockup, and the perches are burned in on the sides (There's another weld to do to make them really solid.) Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 UBE's burned in partially: Image Not Found UBE's done for now: Image Not Found Springs going on, and getting ready to wedge it under the truck. Image Not Found Hold it right there! That's where the rear tires should be! Now I jsut need to ditch the leafs. Image Not Found When I quit for the night: Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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