Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
With the bottom of the floor coated with POR-15 we knew we were going to have to do some prep work prior to welding. We used a pair of floor jacks to hold the subframe connectors in place while I crawled underneath and scribed an outline of them with a silver pencil. Then I took a 4" angle grinder with a flapper disc and removed the paint from the areas we would be welding.
We had fit these connectors to the floor before and had to do a bit of grinding in a few areas to match the floor's contour. The fit was really good. There were a few areas with gaps but we knew we could knock the floor down to close them after we had the majority of the welding done.
Our plan had been to weld a 4-4 pattern. 4" of weld/4" gap across the length. With all of the strange contours and seat brackets, etc we decided to divvy up our welds to wherever they would seem to do the most good instead. I really like this Miller welder. Despite welding overhead to two different metal thicknesses and across remnants of some POR-15 it worked great. Cross one more thing off my 'To Do' list.
We were out of POR-15 so we'll have to get more so we can re-coat the floor. We'll try some of Eastwood's zinc coating on the inside of the subframe connectors. It comes with a long nozzle that should reach everywhere from the drain holes.
I tried calling Hemidenny to get an update on the new K-member but didn't get an answer. He thought he'd have it done around the end of March. I'm still hoping we can get it while my son is here.
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With the bottom of the floor coated with POR-15 we knew we were going to have to do some prep work prior to welding. We used a pair of floor jacks to hold the subframe connectors in place while I crawled underneath and scribed an outline of them with a silver pencil. Then I took a 4" angle grinder with a flapper disc and removed the paint from the areas we would be welding.
We had fit these connectors to the floor before and had to do a bit of grinding in a few areas to match the floor's contour. The fit was really good. There were a few areas with gaps but we knew we could knock the floor down to close them after we had the majority of the welding done.
Our plan had been to weld a 4-4 pattern. 4" of weld/4" gap across the length. With all of the strange contours and seat brackets, etc we decided to divvy up our welds to wherever they would seem to do the most good instead. I really like this Miller welder. Despite welding overhead to two different metal thicknesses and across remnants of some POR-15 it worked great. Cross one more thing off my 'To Do' list.
We were out of POR-15 so we'll have to get more so we can re-coat the floor. We'll try some of Eastwood's zinc coating on the inside of the subframe connectors. It comes with a long nozzle that should reach everywhere from the drain holes.
I tried calling Hemidenny to get an update on the new K-member but didn't get an answer. He thought he'd have it done around the end of March. I'm still hoping we can get it while my son is here.
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