My 56 pickup build thread
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Ground down my welds and checked with a light to see where I missed when welding. Will need to address the modifications for my upper control arms next. Then it will be sandblast time.
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Worked on the inner fender again today, I had made a template out of cardboard and marked what needed to be cut out for the control arm then cleaned up the area to be welded.
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I've had the same problems Pat, what I do is after I get it into position I use a small flat screw driver and scrape the paint off inside the holes I'm welding which seems to help.
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Maybe I'll give that a shot, John. I tried turning up the heat a bit, thought maybe that would help, but then it just burns through the damn metal.
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IMHO when you weld the area within 1/2 around weld gets burnt off so any protection you gain with the use of a coating is lost and all you get is contaminated weld problems. When I use the lap plug weld method, I pre fit the panel, mark the plug weld openings, clean the coating off 1/2 around all weld surfaces effected, refit than weld. My opinion of using primer as a permanent coating behind a lap does not pass the rust test, I have used the weld thru primer during the build for temporary protection but always end up sanding the majority off during prep work. I use enamel paint between the laps, after the panel is done I prep it for final coating.
This is just my opinion and may not be the right way to others but it works for me and I feel good and that is my disclaimor
This is just my opinion and may not be the right way to others but it works for me and I feel good and that is my disclaimor
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Using Randy Walker's ( Randy Jack ) method of installing a 78 Bronco tank
Boxed the inside of frame rail where I notched the frame for the filler tube out of 1/4" plate, all I had on hand.
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I had to do some things a little different because of the suspension set up I have, it's a TCI kit so needed to weld this plate to the shock cross member to support the tank.