Ok cool!! Thanks again Terry will keep you updated!

Yeah that's what I figure, so we shall see.

Nice acquisition Bryan!

I'd also eventually like to shop for one..maybe next season though.

If you hone your skills, you can give me pointers

haha, would love too.

going to go through the flux core roll then start looking at bottle prices and where I can refill.

Oh it's gas too?

EVEN BETTER!

Umm, can I ask how much you paid for it? Did you "redflag" it? lol

Haha, well I stayed on top of redflag but actually found it in the flyer.
It was $499 before tax $556 after. I did a bunch of searches online and everyone was saying $500 for this welder is great!
Also found one on kijiji for $550 and figured would rather drive down the street than drive to Mississauga and deal with some rando.
I told myself if it went on sale for $500 that I would pick it up, and I did

Oh also it comes with the regulator which is huge savings cause they go for $100 plus

You will like it much better once you run gas. Flux core is ok, But gas is way more gooder.

Haha, that's what I have heard, plus it will be nice to be able to run a bead when doing body panels.

Gas will work FAR better on body panels, flux core burns to hot for thin material.

This is the 140 or 180?

it's the 140, I decided if I wanted to get a 220v machine that I would be looking at a tig welder.

yeah that would be nice, body panels is a slow process with flux.

Ya, I'm looking into a Longevity Tig 200SX in the near future, lots of nice things said about it.

That thing looks nice!

Well kids I got started today!!
Jeremy was kind enough to drop by with my Jerky and take a look at the progress.
He also never commented on the fact that I was wearing uggs (girlfriend through them out, so they were perfect for keeping my feet warm and not caring what happens to them)
Any ways here are the pictures, first two is after removing all the tin tape, second two is after cutting out the rust.

Youza! well you definitely have some work ahead of ya Glad to see things progressing though, I'll need to borrow a page from your book and get my ass in gear for mine!

Wow! Good luck man.

Thanks guys.
Yeah Gui, just got my motivation back today. Going to finish then then do the coolant system then the brakes.

I all ready have the patch done, so tomorrow I will spend some time cleaning the pain off that area and then welding it in.
I have no idea what I am going to do with all the rust sh!t inside there, probably end up just blowing it all out and then spray a sh!t load of rust converter in there.

Now thats dedication!

Progress for today. I totally forgot to take care of all the sh!t underneath so I guess I will just leave it.
Will be painting it tomorrow. Frustrating part was while I was massaging the metal in at a part some holes start flaking off further down the rocker panel

So you welded in a rusty piece of metal?

Yeah it's just surface rust, it was sitting in the garage for a little too long. It will be all cleaned off before it gets painted.

So it turns out I haven't been using enough RTV, this is what my family mechanic did when he installed my thermostat (back when I didn't do stuff on my car).
Also he is no longer a family mechanic.
On top of that he also installed the wrong thermostat, a 180* even though I recall telling him to install a 190*.

Almost forgot to add pics of the finished work. I am not trying to make the car pretty which is why I: 1)Lap welded the panel on 2)Didn't complete the grinding totally.



And a picture of our little reindeer

Nice work Bryan...slowly but surely

I wish my dog would let me put reindeer antlers on her she'd chew them up in a few seconds flat lol

LOL he was trying at first and then we distracted him and he forgot about them.
They didn't stay on for very long though.

Not bad man. Id rock that. turned out better than mine. Mine need re done.

Well done, looks a million times better than before!

Good job Bryan. Invest in some por15

Great progress

Maybe we can plasti dip the entire car this spring?

Thanks Guys!!

Haha well that's not hard to do.

Unless por15 is more cost effective than the cans of bedliner I have been using, I won't be considering it.
Plus if I actually do decide to paint the car eventually, the por15 would be a much bigger bitch to remove.

We shall see about dipping, right now I am thinking not, but maybe by spring my decision will change.
It would be another thing I could add to the list of "Things the Talon has taught me"

Mike what were you welding? any pictures?

Good work bro! Nice to see metal added, rather than flaking off to a dust on our fine Ontario roads.

Welding skills are progressing nicely I see!

BUT you really should wash your car lol

Where do you buy por15?

Thanks you sir! There was a huge pile of sh!t after I was done.

LOL, maybe it will actually get a wash this winter, but only the parts with the salt on it

Stacey, so far they have been getting it directly from the guys that make it.

Fine?

I feel bad about all the stuff my DSM's have left on the road. Engine mount bolt, engine mount chunks, bolts that fell and got lost, etc..

Sandra left her gas cap somewhere on the road today!

Only thing I've left is the 10mm socket I lost years ago in the subframe. Could still be there. Afterall, I found a bunch of goodies when I first took my car apart.

LOL I take it you haven't driven in Quebec lately?? Steer clear of their bridges hahaha

Oh and btw Bryan, your pup looks cute! Well taken care of too..I just read an article about a Pomeranian breeder in Ottawa who starved 4 pups in her basement. She's been charged!

Your DSM can haul those 7 ton pieces no?

Thanks man, we just realized that the recommended food on the bag is causing us to under feed him cause he hasn't gained a pound in a week. We are upping his food now and hopefully he can get bigger.

Ottawa doesn't seem to be doing to well lately with it's dog stories.
Did you heard about the black lab that got attacked by it's owner, beat with a rake and tossed in the dumpster. She is fine now but wasn't in good condition at all.

Throw some 1ga side skirts on there

I actually have some in the garage but there is a good chance that they will stay there, I have welded over a lot of the holes needed to mount them