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Uncle Joe · Guest

Though I doubt it, some of you may have noticed that I've not been posting much lately. Here are some photos of the reason.....

Its a petrol tank in stainless for my Chrysler. New or good used ones are impossible to get hold of, so I decided to practice my welding skills...

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22437 Location: UK

verrrryy nice indeed!! and yes I had wondered where you'd disappeared to Smile

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7117 Location: Edinburgh

Superb! I'm sure mcpartland will be interested.

Peter.

Uncle Joe · Guest

Thanks guys. I'll draw mcpartlands attention to this topic.

Its a pity I didnt take any photos during the making of it though. Being a bit nit-picky, I'm not all that pleased with certain aspects of the job though.

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

Lovely - there's nothing nicer than a neat running weld. Cool

Although I notice there's one pan-head screw not quite lined up!

Uncle Joe · Guest

If you look closely at the 5 screws, you will notice that one is offset slightly. This is because I wont be using the Chrysler sender unit, but an aftermarket one.

As far as the welding goes, the person that taught me to weld many years ago would have told me off for those welds, as they are scruffy. He would have done them much better.... Shocked

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22437 Location: UK

Uncle Joe · Guest

Tig welds are always neater than mig anyway...and for petrol tanks, they are the only way to go for technical reasons. So therefore the use of stainless.

Funny thing is, I was told a while ago that Mig was preferable....

Ricky426 · Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 48 Location: Italy

I am amazed everytime I see a good job like this!
Surprised

Welding is one thing I'll learn to do in the future!

Ciao! Wink

Greeney in France · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Well done UJ fab job
I hope those slotted screws get lined with the circumference of the sender when you fit it Laughing

Good bit of welding though in stainless too Shocked

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47p2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow

Nice job UJ, I wish I couldd weld as bad as that Wink

The $64,000 question is............Does any of the welds leak Shocked

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Uncle Joe · Guest

Thanks again guys.

The welds dont leak, of that I'm pretty certain, I have checked as best I can...

Greeney, it is a fab-ricated job! Laughing

There is one thing that I wonder about though. Would a car show judge see the workmanship or the fact that it isnt original? Not that the car will ever be shown.

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

You're being way too hard on yourself UJ, your work is of a high quality as far as I'm concerned.

I trained in Chrysler (Linwood) and our training instructor, Mr Arnell could weld silver paper onto battleship plate he was that good. His stuff was a work of sheer beauty, pity his standards didn't make it out onto the shop floors.

You can weld my Chevy any day (not that it needs it of course, Chevy's don't rust!) Cool

47p2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow

Uncle Joe · Guest

You may be better off buying a Chrysler...dont suppose you fancy a convertible do you?