Hello newbie needs help

[tclarkie]

Hello All, i must say site is very good pack full of info and that is why i join hoping to get some helpful advice for mig welding.
At the present moment i am doing welding for my other half ford transit pickup truck. Just a couple of questions i would like to ask.
1. replacement wings and front arch kits - do these need to be welded on or can i use the adhesive a guy gaves us in the shop and said you can stick then on with that no need to weld?.
2. there are a couple of patches here and there and these are on the chassis rail at rear - i persume the plates to go on have to be welded with a full seam weld and not spot welded? Am i am right about this since it is structral or does it not matter?
3. On one side of van one of the inner panels (not the inner wing) the section which goes from the inner wing to the outer wing,does this have to be welded with a full seam or can it be spot welded?.
4. I notice that there is something called seam sealant which you can use if you have spot welded panels on.Would this be ok to use on the panels to be fitted?.

I am very sorry for the long post but since i am a newbie and i really want to learn welding much help is appreicated. Oh 1 last thing i cant seen to find any info on the mig welder i have got. It is a superweld 200 with plenty of knobs to twist, you can tell what 1 or 2 do but just wondering if anyone can tell me where i can get info for it.

Thanks for reading my post and speak soon to some of you i hope.

 

[the snooper]

hi
replacement panels have to be welded on and if its a full panel it can be welded as original (spot welds) if its a repair it has to be fully welded.
you cant use sealant to replace panels as those panels form part of the crumple zone if you should crash.
chassis has to be fully welded
3 i dont remember any panels other then the inner wing that connect to the outer wing
you would use the seam sealer to seal the joint after it has been welded to keep moisture out its not meant to replace welds as its not strong enough

 

[tclarkie]

maybe i might mean the inner arch bit which welds to the lip on the wing and goes to a lip above the wheel in the middle. i am not sure what this part is called i see if i can find the part name.

 

[the snooper]

it is the inner arch, as it forms part of the inner wing i weld them fully

 

[tclarkie]

Cheers for that. I wasn`t too sure i thought i better ask, has i dont want it to fail MOT if i can help it. So the outer wing can that be spot welded as i think it was like this orignal as i cut/chisel the old one off and notice that it has been. I presume when people have said to me you can stick your wings on with the glue stuff, you can`t then?. He didnt fail it on the outer wing for having a hole in it where the old filler someone had done before fell out?. It wasnt written on the failer sheet anywhere.

Do you know much about the mig welder superweld 200? or am i best of sticking a post in another section of this site?.

Thanks for the replys again..

 

[abstractduk]

youre talking about a 2 part acrylic panel adhesive? if its a non structural part of the car then it is perfectly legitimate to use it to hold panels on. most car are 'glued' together this way now.