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| richardL |
  May 1 2006, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 27-January 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 201 Region Association: None  |
I'm going to need some welding done on my car:
Front sway bar mounts Battery tray Hinge support for engine lid. Are there 'mobile welding services' that will come to the car, or should I plan on having to take the car to the welder. If they do exist, does anybody have a recommendation in the Bay Area (Peninsula)? TIA, Richard |
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| Brew |
May 1 2006, 04:13 PM
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That's Captain Moron to you! Group: Members Posts: 391 Joined: 5-August 05 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 4,546 |
Dunno about the west coast, but most mobile welders here only have diesel powered stick-arc machines, not the ideal set-up for your application. You really need to take it to an experienced fabricator, preferably one that's familiar with working on cars of some sort (body shop, racer/builder, etc.)
Just my $.02. |
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| LvSteveH |
May 1 2006, 04:24 PM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
Actually, it sounds like it's all light welding, a 115v portable mig (hobart handler/miller sidekick or 135 etc) would be just fine. You'll get much cleaner welds using shielding gas as opposed to flux core. If you don't want to take the car into a shop, I'm sure you could talk someone into doing it on a weekend or evening. If you want to be ambitious, you could buy the equipment ($600)and have someone come over to help with the repairs and show you how to use it.
They are very versatile little machines, and can be used for virtually any of the welding done on a 914 with proper prep and setup. |
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| Elliot_Cannon |
May 1 2006, 06:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
There's a guy in So. Cal that will travel to your house but he won't go any further north than Santa Barbara. There's gotta be someone up there that you can find. Call some body shops. maybe they know of someone.
Cheers, Elliot |
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| Mueller |
May 1 2006, 06:28 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Richard,
You can borrow my MIG (w/gas) setup if you want..... |
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