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Words I haven't used in many years...
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On the late 1960's - early 1970's Dodge Darts with the Slant Six 225, that "central" part would be the No. 6 spark plug.
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My Mom had a 62 Plymouth Valiant for 10 years with that engine I believe. Push button tranny. She gave that car to my uncle and got a 72 Plymouth Duster which is what I learned to drive on. What a POS!
steingar
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My standard repair for the heater on a $800 car is to wear a coat when I drive.
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If you looked at my welds, you would know that I am not a real welder! I'm just a guy with a tool that he doesn't know how to use very well. Now give me a sledgehammer or a pair of oxy-acetylene torches and I'm in my environment!
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Quit with the negative waves, man.
If you looked at my welds, you would know that I am not a real welder! I'm just a guy with a tool that he doesn't know how to use very well. Now give me a sledgehammer or a pair of oxy-acetylene torches and I'm in my environment!
Welding is one of those skills you can only learn by doing. Biggest mistake most mke is watching the sparks instead of the puddle. One you get it, it's kinda fun. A freind taught me the basics several years ago. Most valuable gift I ever received.
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Yep. I focus on the puddle, getting a bead started and then building the bead. There's also a certain amount of finesse to getting the proper heat range since too much will just burn the metal and too little will get insufficient penetration. If you're using a mig welder especially you have the issue of speed.
The welder I have is a cheap Chicago Electric unit (Harbor Freight special) that uses either flux core wire or can use gas. I weld so infrequently, it's not worth maintaining a gas bottle, so I use flux core. Of course, this makes the rare welding I do that much more challenging, but it's not a big deal since I don't weld anything that my life depends on. I really do enjoy welding when I do it. This past weekend, I had to weld a fitting for a blow-off valve onto a pipe so I could attach it to my Mitsubishi. Of course, I later found out the blow-off valve was defective. Fortunately, though, it wasn't defective because of my welding, it was just that I was mailed a faulty unit.
cessna182b
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...flew off my tongue, I confess, while removing and reinstalling the front heater blower in my old minivan.
The shop wanted $600.00 to fix it (the van cost me $800.00),
It's been a number of years, but the last time I approached a shop about working on my heater I was told "We don't do that anymore". I did it myself, of course. There is a way to get the job done - but a considerable learning curve is involved. Problem is, once it's done the "education" is wasted - because you'll probably never do that particular job again.
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Yep. I focus on the puddle, getting a bead started and then building the bead. There's also a certain amount of finesse to getting the proper heat range since too much will just burn the metal and too little will get insufficient penetration. If you're using a mig welder especially you have the issue of speed.
The welder I have is a cheap Chicago Electric unit (Harbor Freight special) that uses either flux core wire or can use gas. I weld so infrequently, it's not worth maintaining a gas bottle, so I use flux core. Of course, this makes the rare welding I do that much more challenging, but it's not a big deal since I don't weld anything that my life depends on. I really do enjoy welding when I do it. This past weekend, I had to weld a fitting for a blow-off valve onto a pipe so I could attach it to my Mitsubishi. Of course, I later found out the blow-off valve was defective. Fortunately, though, it wasn't defective because of my welding, it was just that I was mailed a faulty unit.
Electric arc welders are pretty cheap, and are a very handy thing to have around. It's also really easy to fix your mistakes too, can't do that so well with a MIG welder.