Dana 60 too narrow

I made my 1/4 inch plates, 4 of them with my angle grinder and cut off wheels, I hated every single second of that. It was mid 70s today, so that's to hot for me for any sort of long sleeves.
I need to do some surface prep in a few places, spray some weld thru primer, drill some holes for plug welds, same on the plates.
Like Tony beets from gold rush says...drill holes, drill holes, drill holes.