Blwngsket Project

[crawlin68]

Re: Blwngsket Project

Sounds like you have it down. Preheat, weld, peen, wrap in insulation oversinght for slow cool down. The cast will melt a lot faster than the steel, so consentrate your heat on the steel as you are welding.

[pipelayer]

Re: Blwngsket Project

If you are welding something thiner like a manifold the slowing of the cool down is harder to do but with something like a 14bolt with a thick piece of steel plate the welder will be turned up hotter and the heat will stay in the part longer naturally. Possible a pre-heat on the starting point would be the only thing to do. This is just me and there is a million ways to accomplish the same thing when welding. I just try to go with logic, well my logic anyway.

[blwngsket]

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Should I use a standard .035 mig wire. What about tig?

[pipelayer]

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I would use the .035 mig on good size mig and practice on the cast you cut off with the same size plate to get it dialed in

[crawlin68]

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Yeah, standard ER70S-6 MIG wire in a .035 diameter will do just fine with some 75/25 gas and you are good to go.

[blwngsket]

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TMR 14 bolt shave kit showed up. Time to get to work.

[blwngsket]

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now I just need to make room in the garage and wire it for 220.
That may be the most difficult part of this monkey show.

[blwngsket]

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I think I have everything I need except the D60 axle shafts. No one seems to be selling a good set of chromo's on the cheap.

[California Monkey]

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I just use 100' extension cord going through the house from my dryer outlet. Cheaper than wiring the garage

[blwngsket]

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Gonna try and call in a favor from a co worker. If not, a huge exstension cord may be in the cards.

[crawlin68]

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Nice! Let the fun begin!!!

[68olblue]

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Any progress Tony?

[blwngsket]

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None yet. Been fishing in Cabo for the last 2 weeks.

[TBS-POPS]

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Been fishing in Cabo for the last 2 weeks.

Well Boo F'n Hoo isint that tooooo baaaadddddd.........

[pipelayer]

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You suck