1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[EuropaTC]

To both you guys, if you haven't already tried a "cheater lens" then you ought to give it a go. Basically it's a plastic magnifier that goes behind the mask and you can get 2x, 3x, etc. I think mine is 2x which definitely helps older eyes !

eg - https://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/welding-supplies/helmet-spares/2-0-diopter-futuris-welding-helmet-magnifier-cheater-lens.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwjbCDBhAwEiwAiudByzQ2PmH4_c9SBcvQtkc1QhzPANZDjnpn-o5-Pg0IOxlpFK9I-n2LwhoCLIAQAvD_BwE

I don't do much MIG these days but if it's steel then I tend to use flux cored. It's remarkably easy to weld on thin car bodywork, you can do it outside or with the garage open and not worry about losing the shielding gas. If you've not tried it before, it's certainly worth giving it a go.

Brian

[dakazman]

   Thanks Brian ,
 That’s what I need. Found myself all most putting my nose in the way.

   Gavin 😂,   Drive-in’s, Backseat, squealing ... 😂👍👍
  Yes , full argon ! Don’t do it . Weld . Com agrees.  Since I don’t have a a mixed bottle yet I’ll be going back to flux core .030 . I also picked up some.035 to try.  Floodlight did work a little but I kept getting in the way. It would work if the weld were flat and not rounded.

   Just as a joke I thought of beefing up the t section. See pic😂😂😂

Dakazman

[dakazman]

  Took a day off to be with my grandson. Talk was limited to a lot of smiles but he found his favorite.

Dakazman

[TurboFource]

Great pic!

[BDA]

Great picture, D’man! And you should remember that that frame does not add lightness!

[dakazman]

  BDA,
 It has lightening holes?
But REALLY, it seems that is how fat my welds look like with the flux core....    after I clean them off it’s back to normal.
  The timing may be wrong to learn something new , mig and tig , but I’m having fun!
 
 Turbo, 1 year old an 26 lbs, he’ll be helping me soon.

Dakazman
 



 

[buzzer]

lovely pic. reminds me when the weather is better to give the grandkids a ride in the lotus

[GavinT]

Thanks, Brian. I'll have to get some cheater lenses.
I invested in an "Optivisor" recently and it's also brilliant.

Dave, I think your T section pic perhaps has some merit.
All those holes would make for easy camber changes.

[dakazman]

  Brian, put my order in after checking the size I needed. To my surprise there are mounts to side them in inside helmet.  Just a newbi here. You can imagine how many times I wanted to light up the oxy/ace
To get some progress going.
  Gavin, as soon as I saw that pic on a welding site with the oval stain that looks like the inspection hole on our frames I just laughed. Maybe a 4 wheeler Europa one day will pop up . We had a boat version.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

  After waiting for over a month for the Weber 40 rebuild kit to come in, it arrived just in the Nick of time . I am almost finished with the wedge head headers / crossflow fabrication. One last tube to weld up and then the collector.  I also was thinking about cutting them off and mapping them to be reproduced. Not for me , it was a truely a labor intensive project. Lengths are almost identical to that of the wedge set
   I can now swap out the Weber rebuild parts and gaskets and then wrap the wedge headers before installing the Master Plan set.
Dakazman

[BDA]

Nice work on those headers, D'man!

Where did you get your Weber rebuild kit that it took over a month to receive it?

[dakazman]

  Thanks BDA,  the headers made me want to weld with my new welder.  Can’t wait to try the tig .

Carb deal from the EU and on eBay, they have a good selection of parts and made sure that the SN was correct with this kit..  next time I’ll go with the express shipping. My fault , it was offered for an additional fee.
  Dakazman

[BDA]

I haven't had any problems with Pierce Manifolds. Red Line is the US distributor and they are good too but Pierce seems geared more for the retail market. They seem to have a pretty complete compliment of tools, jets, kits, etc. And their shipping is a lot faster!

[dakazman]

     BDA,   I’ll look those vendors. Other members, have listed other vendors . I need to start a list by chapters and insert in my parts manual. Note to self🥱😂
  Brian and Gavin,
  Thanks for that tip! Received my 175 cheaters 😀 and what a difference, I now follow the seam of the weld on rounded pipe. Now I can’t wait to weld some flat straight metal.
  Another help was switching to a thicker flux core .035 instead of .030..  A different mfg of the wire also produced less slag and sparks to clean up afterwards, Thanks Paul.

Dakazman

[Pfreen]

what is a 175 cheater?