going to see a clarke 135te - what to look out for?

[strang]

Bid on a clarke 135te on ebay and won it for £175 which seems ok to me.
Listing says it's 1 year old, comes with industrial size steel wire reel, aluminium wire reel, argon gas bottle for aluminium wire, spare gas bottle regulator, mig tips, mig cover.

Going to pick it up in person and will get the seller to show it working. Wondered if some of you knowledgable folks could give me some tips about faults or issues to look out for when I'm there?

Also what else do I need equipment wise? Just want to do some welding practice and then tackle welding some tabs on my motorcycle for new mudguards etc.
Co2 diposable bottle? Got helmet and gloves.

 

[cumbriasteve]

Basically all you need to see is the owner put some good welds down with it and not quick tacks.

I assume you mean a disposable gas bottle comes with it, BOC etc bottles are not transferrable.

Get yourself some 2mm or 3mm scrap steel to practice on, clean it up first of course before welding and have a good read of the tutorials on here.

 

[tttonyyy]

Nice little machine. Liner is wire so should last ages - should see you good

 

[strang]

thanks - I'll check it out working and then