bhamripper
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I am curious what is the weld on the left side of water intake port for?
kickflip_mj said:SOO MUCH WORK.lol
Ya... but if I was able to afford a DIY of this magnitude, I would be OCD about every over the top detail too. This thread reminds me that there are people out there, like me, who will do it the SUPER hard way just because its their idea of perfect. Beautiful build man, mind if I live vicariously through you?
holy cow man nice build, this is absolutely ridiculously stainless! and a little coppery too, amazing work tho man congrats on this almost finished rig
Who knows how to connect wires to the bottom of those three prong dis- connects?
Tin both the tags and the wire tips. Trim the tips to length and bring the tips and tags together with a bit of heat.
Not my pics and it's a different plug but the same principal
Tinned tags
Tinned tips
End result
Thank you for the detailed explanation! I was assuming that I would solder them, I just wasn't sure if there was something I was missing. Well this is going to take a while.lol
kickflip_mj said:Sorry guys for zero progress update, I injured my back wakeboarding and I have just been dealing with that. Finances have definitely been a hold up too. Next week I will be in the shop getting back to building.
kickflip_mj said:Its going to be a while before I am healed, possible back surgery and im on steroids at the moment. FML But I can still function like a normal human being, but my right leg aches and is numb.
They are having a hard time figuring out what I have.. I have had two MRIs and a few Xrays. I either hemorrhaged my disc creating a cyst or I have a cyst in my spinal column for no reason and it is cutting off my Sciatic nerve.
Yeah but auto paint wont stand up to heat?
Frankly im not even pleased with painted mild steel, Im sure I will move to stainless in the next year or so. But in the mean time it is good enough.
I did flap all the "flat" weld, then used 120 polishing grit, then scotch bright wheeled them all.lol I may be a little excessive when I do things sometimes, but I try to get it right the first time. Im not extremly impressed by the weld quality anyways due to my crappy weld pak ten. Just undercutting and pinholes that never seem to go away. But if I do it again it will be stainless and with a nice tig welder (next investment is a syncwave)
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