well its almost finished now and i recon the hardest job was the new sill or at least removing it anyway. i was suprised how long it has taken aswell, but im glad i took my time as im happy with how it has ended up. ill have to get a newer pic as the one below is just after i tacked the...
after putting a new side on my car lol i found that joints which are back to back or overlap it is best to plug weld every inch or so. if you could get a pic of the joints you are doing peeps could advice the best weld for that joint
ive noticed while welding that if i dont push the trigger in fully it doesnt weld properly, cant really work out why as it still gets the gas and wire. just one of those things i pose so make sure you all press it fully lol
yes i mean the insulation is burning and its falling apart. not sure what welder it is. my dad bout it as a starter kit a couple of years ago and its got the torch that came with it .
ok the amount of these i have to buy is doing my head in. the problem is that the bit of whatever it is between the threaded bit of the shroud and the actual shroud itself (if ya get me lol) always melts or burns so it just falls apart. so does anyone else have this problem and is there someway...
noplacetosail i use a product like you describe which basically eats away at the rust back to good metal, then you wipe it off and weld straight onto it. i love the stuff just abit pricey
due to an unfortunate accident my car has gone from this
to this
now normally i would of just scrapped it but it passed it MOT last week and i have just paid for a years insurance plus 6 months tax. so i think for the cost of fixing it its silly to just throw it away so therefore...
\re you going to give me the £300 to buy it then??. i got this engine for £60 and they are only 16bhp down on the red-top. plus in america they are doing big things with the eco-tecs. they are actually a better engine just cost a fair bit to expose there full potential
well you see what it is ive got a late eco-tec 2L 16v in my cavalier and it has a horrible cast manifold with a crappy down pipe fitted to it,yet the earlier 2l 16v engines had a nice 4-1 stell manifold. my manifold is blowing and if im gonna take it off i want to uprate it only problem it the...