oil pan madification

[ryanjones2150]

Glad you got it sorted out.

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I might have one of those layin’ around in the shop. When I get home tomorrow I’ll see if I can find it. If it’ll work for you, you can have it.

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My only experience with miller gas solenoids is it had a molded plastic housing that was the mounting bracket. It fit into a socket on the back of the machine and a plastic nut to tighten it. I have no idea if that’s a normal configuration, like if miller uses off the shelf parts, or if it’s a dedicated...

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You can’t beat the value on those HTP machines.

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I’ve been running a lot of wire through one of the new 30a guns and I have to say it’s the best spool gun I’ve ever used. For the money, and unless you’re going to build boats for a living, my vote would be for a 251 and spool gun. Then you can trade off your Chinese mig for something else.

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I wish a dynasty 400 was in my budget.

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Glad to hear you’re dialing it in. Sometimes those subtle changes are the key. It’s like most things, it’s the little stuff that matters.

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A dialarc HF would be a pretty bullet proof machine for your climate. It’s an old school 60 hz transformer machine that will be choochin long after me and you are gone.

I also agree with the separate MIG and TIG machines.

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Good luck man, let us know what you figure out. It’s hard to throw ideas out without seeing exactly what you’re talking about. I can only pretend to imagine your issue. Personally, I love a big cup for stainless, but use what works for you. I’d like to see some pictures of what you have going...

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I’ve been running esab solid wire but am considering changing to selectarc since I like their dual shield so much, probably give a roll of that stuff a try.

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What sort of cup are you using? Maybe try to increase your shielding gas or envelope?

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I’ve used very little blue demon wire, and what I have used was stainless. I don’t really have any complaints but I don’t have any other experience with it. You like that stuff?

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She’s choochin along just fine. Lookin good, my friend. The glass islands are silica deposits. Depending on the wire manufacturer, silica is added in varying amounts as a deoxidizer. When the metal melts, so does the silica, latching on to whatever nasties it can and floating them to the surface....

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Got it done. Not going to win any awards with it, but I’m pretty sure it won’t leak. To make the box, I worked hard to get a good fit up and used some pulse setting to zip it up, it’s just 16ga sheet metal. 115 amps, 1.5pps, 30% on time and 50% background. Worked pretty good. To weld the box to...

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Ha! It should cost more, but he’s a good guy and it honestly didn’t really make any more work for me. Had a little trouble with the galvanizing, so I switched to 312 filler and that helped a lot.

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That green piece of steel came with it, not such a good fit up. So I made a bigger hole and a better patch....

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I don’t know. I honestly don’t know enough about what he has to question it. But you’re right, it’s nice that it’s just galvanizing I have to contend with and not oil as well.

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This is the sort of race car stuff that shows up here on a fairly regular basis. Brand new oil pan, owner needs it to be 5/16” deeper for the pic up to fit....and it looks like a dog chewed it open.

So....we shall take a deep breath, mutter some nasty words, and make it whole once m...

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I’m just used to my machine here with a wider range on WFS I suppose, but it just has a steady hiss as that wire burns in.

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I wonder if you bumped up the WFS a skosh if it would smooth out that rattle.