Dart/Valiant
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Thanks, but what can be the right size wire or rod and settings? The replacement pan is 19 ga steel. When removing the old rusty metal, do you keep a narrow edge of the old floor on the sides?
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Thanks, but what can be the right size wire or rod and settings? The replacement pan is 19 ga steel. When removing the old rusty metal, do you keep a narrow edge of the old floor on the sides?
Use the thinnest wire your machine will handle with gas.
I keep .030 in my mig, so I can weld sheet-metal or heavier steel.
And as far as rods, I put the floor pan patches in my Duster using an old Lincoln AC arc welder with the thinnest 6013 rods I could find, it will work, but a pain in the axx. My mig welder was broke when I done that. I do not recommend a novice welder to even try to do that.
I keep .030 in my mig, so I can weld sheet-metal or heavier steel.
And as far as rods, I put the floor pan patches in my Duster using an old Lincoln AC arc welder with the thinnest 6013 rods I could find, it will work, but a pain in the axx. My mig welder was broke when I done that. I do not recommend a novice welder to even try to do that.
My welder goes down to .024. I use that. As for the settings, depends on your welder, the power it has, the type of welder etc.
My best advice, pick out a welder in your budget, get a good one, both Holbalt and Lincoln make some good hobbyists style MIG welders for a decent price that will work well. Get a MIG, avoid flux core wire welders. Too much splatter. I would avoid stick welding as well. Anything thinner than a 1/8 inch with a stick takes a lot of practice. I’ve done it and it’s just not recommended as the results were less than quality.
Last thing you want to do while trying to learn welding is fighting a welder that may or may not be working right. Then one you have your welder, go to YouTube and search for videos of sheet metal welding with whatever welder you have.
As for leaving a bit of metal from the old pan, yes you will have too. Which is why I said practice on scrap sheet metal to get your settings fine tuned so you won’t just be burning thru the lip of the old pan left.
moparmat2000
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I woulda just clipped the beak and tailfeathers and made a 72 outta it lol, just joking. But seriously, these are under appreciated and make great sleepers especially the moredoors.
Go check out my build thread, I clipped the tail feathers
moparmat2000
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Whats title of your build thread so i can find it.
Link is in my signature at the bottom of this post
moparmat2000
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Not to computer savvy and using an android. There isnt anything at bottom of post.
moparmat2000
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Looks like a 69 barracuda bench in the duster.
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