Recent content by Blaine Davis

Sounds like you all ready have the right idea of how to do it, I would definitely drill out the spot welds like you are saying, its probably less work than doing a patch and your gonna have a much better end result that will last, in this case if you have the whole panel might as well use the...

Try and take some pictures of the area, it will help shine some light on your situation

Ive only ever used the big snap on ones so i think thats where i went wrong, and that was for floor removal on VW busses, hundreds of spot welds on thin crossmembers, they are more or less a one handed jack hammer with two modes, off and destroy, the ones i used at least, a good controllable...

I rarely allow myself to use an air chisel because i somehow always end up with a slip here or there and making more work for myself lol, but they definitely make some jobs easier i used the drill method on my wheel house removal and the great thing about it is i was able to drill all the way...

But to put my 2¢ in, i just use a standard drill bit and only drill through one layer, its kind of something you get a feel for overtime, i always use the smallest drill bit i think will work because you can always go up a size if the panels dont wanna split, and center punch because the bits...

I definitely agree with you here, ive done a lot of work with these belt sanders and its one of my favorite tools, i use the $90 harbor freight Baxter one and it feels exactly the same as the $250+ matco ones ive used in the past, and its been going strong for about 2 years now, and the purple...

Make sure to get a good weld through primer also, I personally like Spray Max brand and i use it between every plug weld i do

My 74 duster has the exact hood your talking about, i highly recommend it, bolts on great and they did very well with the inner structure, just ditch the factory hood springs

Yea lol, its nice to know someone is using their parts and having good results

With your SM rods did you use the bolts they gave you or upgrade to ARP?

Definitely, check everything and use the best bolts

Best of luck with your build

And i guarantee that my "outdated" MP590 camshaft kit isnt gonna lifter issues like everyone has been having lately due to the poor lifter hardening thats been going around

If you had all your parts at a good machine shop they probably measured everything for you and made sure you weren't gonna have any issues, but its still important to check bearing clearance with plasti-gauge if nothing else, because people do make mistakes, especially nowadays with all the...

Thanks man,yea body work ain't easy, ive been at it a little while but its always nice to have someone around to point out the obvious when i start over thinking stuff. But i can honestly say it took me longer to complain on here than it did to fix the quarter lol, im glad they make the stuff, i...