Marty's TJ

[ATL ZJ]

Too bad we can't embed this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxAHPJL_crU

That is a technique for mig welding uphill. I tried it last night and it seemed to work pretty well.

[BigClay]

Looks awesome man! Kinda gives me a little frame envy

[chadjans]

What is the wheelbase? Stock motor and trans?

I'm jealous of that link material.

Wheel base is 112 inches.
4 cyl with an AX15 and 231 with a 4 to low kit.

[chadjans]

out of curiosity, did you weld that uphill or downhill? looks like downhill?

This was downhill and two taps greater than spec on the cheat sheet (so HOT). Although I can weld vertical up and down. Depends on how I feel and what the thickness of the material is. This particular weld isn't going anywhere. It was glowing when I was done with it.

AWS has a spec for both vertical up and down. Up is hotter but much harder to perform.

[chadjans]

It is pretty difficult to fight gravity by pushing the puddle vertically up.
I pull down, I just turn the wire speed down a bit.

Here is a photo of what it looks like with speed at like 35ish..

Sorry to add a picture to your thread chad, the TJ is look awesome.

This is undercut. Speed up the wire, move faster or lower your voltage.

Thanks.

[chadjans]

Nice work Chad. That thing looks great.

Thanks

[chadjans]

[Tommy]

Thats a purdy weld

What are you using to tighten those jam nuts down? You should machine a flat spot on two sides of those arms for a wrench. Maybe I am just not seeing them in this pic. I would hate to see a pipe wrench mess up those arms.

Nice work, as always.

Tommy

[chadjans]

What are you using to tighten those jam nuts down? You should machine a flat spot on two sides of those arms for a wrench. Maybe I am just not seeing them in this pic. I would hate to see a pipe wrench mess up those arms.

Nice work, as always.

Tommy

We use a open end wrench or cresent wrench and a strap wrench. No pipe wrenches or channel locks.

Thanks.