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cubastreet

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  1. The tig torch is extra. Scratch start isn't the easiest way to learn tig but better than nothing.
  2. Kawasaki H2 engine would be good for a light car - 154kW, 58kg. Not sure what it would take to get it up to 240kW H2R spec?
  3. Looks good mate. Let's do a midnight run over the hill. I'll have a look but I don't think I have any sump pans (lots of stuff got stolen for scrap in porirua) and if I do it will be ea81, but maybe they're the same.
  4. I was welding 12mm steel vertical and upside down, it's not like the gasless stuff or plain wire with gas. It doesn't seem to sag or drip.
  5. Surprisingly cheap at boc https://www.boc.co.nz/shop/en/nz/mig-flux-cored-welding/mig-mag-welding-wire/flux-core-welding-wires-fcaw/magmate-71c-mild-steel-mig-wire%3A-15kg-spool
  6. Nah 20 years is a new car that only needs a wof once a year.
  7. When I was at tech, some rep brought in a roll of Flux core wire that also used shielding gas. It's party trick was the beautiful welds in all positions even with me holding the torch. Anyone know this voodoo wire?
  8. Actually I think that's the yanmar part # @UTERUS hitachi S114 443 or S114 443A
  9. The two stroke tuner's handbook by Gordon Jennings is a good read too. It's pretty addictive. Carburation gets pretty tricky if you want to be able to pootle around slow and also have a good top end.
  10. Just the two long ones that held it together and the two that held the brushes plate on. The little bearing cap seems to be spot welded. I made a shim for the top of the worn negative brush to get the digger back on the road but even after a good clean the solenoid doesn't always engage properly. $200 new one from America is looking like a good option.
  11. How do I get the end cap off to change the brushes? And why did Hitachi put in two +ve brushes but only one minus?
  12. https://www.xcelarc.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/XA-MIG200WRZ-K_-Info-Sheet.pdf It's an inverter, I don't think I've seen a multiprocess transformer welder. MIG needs constant voltage and TIG constant current and that's easier with electronic trickery.
  13. Not sure if it's in my head, but I seem to get cleaner welds and less spatter from inverter mig. They even weld nice and clean on pure co2, I'm currently using argoshield but it doesn't seem any better whereas transformer migs seem to weld cleaner with argon in the mix. You don't have the huge inrush current needed to saturate the transformer core with electromagnetics either so they're easier to run off generator or inverter.
  14. My parents gave me this for my 21st It came with a card that says W.W.I MAJOR JENNINGS D.S.O. Google wasn't around when I got the watch, but now it is, so o know he was a surgeon. http://www.maltaramc.com/ramcoff/j/jenningsjw.html
  15. I think so, if it's the original. There won't be that many around that don't need work.
  16. I just drove my mk1 V4 everywhere at 50mph. Probably a good thing when one of the retread rear tyres untreaded itself on the motorway.
  17. Always been happy with my XA welders. You can borrow for a hoon if you like. Probably over ten years old now, but similar to this one maybe. https://tradezone.co.nz/welding/razorweld-mig200-mig-mma-inverter-welder-package-200a-230v-single-phase-c-w-3mtr-mig-torch-arc-set-4m-regulator
  18. Reflow the solder joints on the socket if you can get to them, they sometimes crack due to flexing.
  19. It's not uncommon for the solder joints to break on the mobo, so worth opening it up for a looksie @Willdat?
  20. Weren't all high density 3.5s double sided?
  21. Who else used to buy single ided 5.25" discs and notch the other side to make them double sided?
  22. Good plan, I'll hunt for a fire extinguisher company. Some bunnings do co2 and some don't.
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