It was a long day, 7 hours all told. Rented the welder in the AM. Came home and practiced making some beads on scrap metal. Once I got the MIG settings right and had taught myself to weld, I did half of the welding job on scrap metal. Only then did I get around to the parts on the car.
All in all it went quite well. I plugged all the spot welds that were previously drilled out. I only burned through twice. A couple of pieces of scrap metal tacked onto the back let me finish those last two welds. The welds were pretty big, so I spend a good amount of time grinding. A couple welds needed to be filled in a bit more and reground.. I think it looks pretty good:
To finish off, I sprayed all over with the cold galvanizer. I then yanked on it as hard as I could. The piece didn't budge at all. Hopefully it will pass the "doesn't fall apart while driving" test.
7 hours
