I used a 15+ year old MIG welder to seal up a small hole crack on my exhaust last night, at least that was the plan..
The welder although barely used in all this time seemed ok, with a new bottle of CO2 gas and a new feed tip. However may be I should have also changed the solder wire as this was a little dirty, gritty. After leaving about 1/4 inch of "bird crap" welding I burnt a half inch hole in the exhaust/muffler.
So re-adjusted the wire feeder and was all good, smooth delivery. Now I need a grinder to remove all the crap welding so I can re-seal the holes again.
Need to practice!
Saturday I am planning to do :
Front Brake Pads
Upper and Lower Ball Joints, NSF, OSF
Read Brake Pads
Grinding and re-Welding the exhaust
Hand brake adjustment, - one side is not working as well as the other..
Drain the Coolant, remove the radiator wash out the Welsh mud & re-fit.
It's going to be busy..