A fun day of plug welding......, Installed my Engman kit today |
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A fun day of plug welding......, Installed my Engman kit today |
East coaster |
Dec 10 2005, 10:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,752 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None |
Hmmmmm..........A couple of burns, lungs full of welding fumes, eyes still seeing an arc and high from burning seam sealer fumes...........what could be more fun! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
It took 7 hours, but it's done. Hopefully it won't twist like a pretzel when I finally get to punch the 3.6! Passengers side............ Attached image(s) |
East coaster |
Dec 10 2005, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,752 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None |
Drivers side...........
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East coaster |
Dec 10 2005, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,752 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None |
Firewall...................
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Trekkor |
Dec 10 2005, 10:32 PM
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I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
Way to go (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap.gif)
Fun, huh? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif) KT |
Air_Cooled_Nut |
Dec 12 2005, 11:59 AM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
My concerns would be rusting between the original and new metal pieces. What do you do to protect the sandwiched metal?
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Katmanken |
Dec 12 2005, 12:27 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Personnaly,
I'd spray the sh*t out of it with that 95% ground zinc/5% binder spray that rustoleum sells (ZincSele?) Stuff is conductive and you can weld through it Zinc acts as a sacrificial anode to steel and prevents rust. Zinc plated parts form a ring of melted zinc around the spotweld and protect it. Since you are doing rosettes rather than spot welds, you prolly will get some melted zinc at the edge of the melted metal. Having a conductive layer of zinc between the layers is a good thing. That being said, ZINC FUMES ARE POISONOUS and can cause zinc fever. Weld outside and wear a painting mask with an activated charcoal filter Ken |
sgomes |
Dec 12 2005, 01:39 PM
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Electric Member Group: Members Posts: 815 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 2,029 |
Has anyone used Bloxide? I just used it for some small stuff on the 914. Worked pretty well I just don't know about the longterm implications. It's aluminum floating in something. It's conductive so you can weld through it.
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Katmanken |
Dec 12 2005, 01:52 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Never used bloxide but here is what it says..
"Bloxide - The preferred weld-through primer. This Aluminized de-oxidizing primer insures x-ray quality welds. Promotes the formation of Aluminum oxide at the weld site to reduce porosity. Prevents corrosion of coated steel surfaces for several months of outside storage. Easy brush or spray-on (no thinning required) application Bloxide Qt. (16055ZP)application. For longer-term corrosion prevention use Zinc Rich, Cold Galvanizing Compound Qt (16005ZP)." So, for long term corrosion protection, you are back to zinc cold galvanizing (ZincSelle) Ken |
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