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Well 4mm is less than 6mm

@kws depending how bad the high spot is . You can shrink it down with the mig. Just do a "spot" weld in one spot like you would plug weld. Then cool it with air quickly. Grind the top off. The weld will shrink when you cool it and pull the metal down. That's if it's not excessively high

We usually bead blast. But cabinet at work has glass not garnet Also if they're not sloppy af already the media cant get in Paint will just wear off on contact points. Needs lube etc anyways

@sr2 it's not metric Its BA thread

Gave the bumpers a polish. 30 years of sitting hadn't done them any good Brass wool and plenty of autosol and they came up pretty good . Still pretty cracked and there is rust in places but look a damn sight better than they did when I started anyways heres some poorly taken picture Did a few errands in it. Went to the supo and the batter was flat when I went to start it. It's a pretty old battery anyways so might splash out and buy a new one for it

Didnt take fuck all pics because I was busy assembling the motor. Bit scraped the lip off the bores and honed them new 30 over rings And new standard bearings there on the upper limit of clearance but theyll be fine Went through the oil pump and used some gears and base plate from another one with less kms and less wear . Threw it all together today Had one lifter that didnt love life so stripped it down cleaned it and went back together now it's fine so meh. Intake was so heavvy I couldn't get it off when the motor was in the car. China Engine hoist ftw Have one more of the car Have cut a few laps of the block. Seems to be happy enough. Way better oil pressure than before so thats a win.

CHS on Waltham rd

Is josh still keen for backup?

Just ride it down

Is @tortron attending again?

Also fuck the blenheim bridges camp Meth hole

It's strange that only one has picked up. The other 7 are perfectly serviceable. But I'm nervous about reusing them now incase they give trouble I was going to give it a quick measure up. The crank as far as I'm aware is untouched on the big ends. The 001 shells are common for American v8s to take up slight wear without machining. If they're not available. I may just jam standards back in if the clearance isnt to high

Took the motor out and dropped the pan. Heap of sludge in the bottom. Not ideal. Heres the money though. Big end has failed. Caught it early enough that it's not marked the crank Hopefully find some more 1thou under bearings locally

Dailyed for a week. Used heaps of petorl Motor has a knock at cruise 50-70ish mph at part throttle. Rod knock maybe? Will see if Sylvesters have bearings when they reopen. Otherwise rockauto

Does the rest of the car look dodgy ? If you've take it off and painted the area and reattached with rivets in a tidy fashion. Why would it look dodgy. If it was a hectic r32 skyline going to vtnz you might have issues. But for most normal people with older cars going to a regular inspection place it's never going to be an issue

Oh yip. Maybe the 1mm wire is a bit thin. I find 1.2 is a good size to feed in nicely. 1mm might be having to feed to much in so can be difficult to get smooth. Approximately what amps are you running? You might be low. But looking at the inside you've got more than enough penetration so could afford to go lower yet. I've got a boss weld 200x tig for at home stuff and the pedal is like you say not that smooth and can make getting nice welds harder than it should be.

I'm not an expert welder. But looking at the color of them your a wee bit hot. Try slowing down a little and thinner wire also helps. If your using 1.6 wire on 1.2 tube it will make it more difficult. When doing panel steel I'll use 1.2 wire as is melts in quicker than 1.6 wire.

Little photos Got the head lining all back in and interoir trim and upholstery back in. Got all the lights and wipers etc working. Then submitted my work for scrutiny Wof obtained First one since 1995 or something

Just buy a small roll for bunnings. A big roll will last years for home use

@Jusepy82 I reccomend 0.6 wire for panel steel. It requires less heat to melt in Also the your escort will be 0.8 or less panel steel where your using 1.0mm to practice . That little difference makes a big difference on how much heat you need.

Buy an iwata w400 I bought one and used it almost every day for work for about a year. It's no 2k SATA. But for the money they are brilliant. Also get a pressure gauge for the inlet. Makes the bottom of the gun a little more bulky but then it takes the guess work out of setting pressures just right .

The shielding gas means nothing It's just an excuse for something to blame shitty welds on We run argosheild at work and I run co2 at home cos its cheaper. No different. Bling is on the money. Practice and play with the settings till you find what works. And when you find settings that work write them down with what sort of weld you did for future reference

Painted the wheels. Went to refit the hood lining. Loop that holds the hood bows started to rip. So took it back out. Andrew the upholsterer fixed that bit. Started firing again. Then more stitching at the front started to rip when we pulled it tight. So took it back out then andrew undid all the stitching and replaced all the loops that hold the hood bows. Sewed it all back together. And then we fitted for the 3rd time. Went in smooth as. Stapled front and back Just need to glue the sides on during the week

Stuck some felt to the roof. Hood lining in saturday with any luck