MYRON Posted February 21, 2000 Share Posted February 21, 2000 Hey guys, I pulled my motor and tranny yesterday and totally stripped the paint out of the engine compartment. Question is would I be wise to weld all the seams that are spot welded? It seem that this would be good for stiffening up the chassis but may cause some warping. I also plan on re-routing the wiring harnes to the outside of the engine compartment to keep it away from the exhaust.. What do you think? Myron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 21, 2000 Share Posted February 21, 2000 Myron, I'd definately weld all the seams but if you do it right there will be little to no warpage. Space spot welds about 1" apart. Do this all along the weld line and then fill inbetween the welds you made with another set of spot welds. Keep on doing this until it looks like a solid weld. This will prevent excess heat buildup and you can keep things from getting buggered up. SpencZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 22, 2000 Share Posted February 22, 2000 Depending on your welder, you might be able to dial in a fine tuned range and run seem welds. I'd run spots about six inches apart and then run the seem between the two spots. DO NOT CRANK THE HEAT UP. If you have access to a 220 Welder you will get a much better dial in for heat and get a more consistant weld. Mike ------------------ "I will not be a spectator in the sport of life!" mjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYRON Posted February 22, 2000 Author Share Posted February 22, 2000 My personal welder is just a little 110 wire feed. My neighbor is going to let me use his big nasty proffesional grade mig that runs on 220 up to 480 and will feed some really thick wire, he has a full bottle of argon and it is ready to rumble. I just have to go load it on a trailor and drag it over to my house. I have been filling in all of the little holes in the engine compartment and plan on doing the floorboard this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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