fox engine bay welding holes!! lol

[TWISTED]

Small holes you can do by welding a small bead around the perimeter of the hole, then doing the same along the new perimeter you just created. Basically like "coloring it in" from the outside inward.

For the large ones, get some sheet metal, cut out a piece to fit inside the open hole, tack weld it in place, then give it a bead around the perimeter.

Damn, I thought that was one of my tricks for thin metal---- building a "bridge" around the area to weld up.

[TWISTED]

whats the technique for welding up the small holes? Im a welding newb. Have a Tig welder, but never had to weld anything up or painted, only bare, metal to metal joining.

Wow, a welding newbie with a tig setup??? You must be a tungsten grinding mofo!

[cjmatt]

Wow, a welding newbie with a tig setup??? You must be a tungsten grinding mofo!

Its not mine, its just at my disposal. Ive only ever welded up aluminum, or messed around tacking together pipes and sheetmetal, etc.

[orangejuiced86]

whats the technique for welding up the small holes? Im a welding newb. Have a Tig welder, but never had to weld anything up or painted, only bare, metal to metal joining.

If you use a grinder the metal won't have paint on it anymore.

[cjmatt]

If you use a grinder the metal won't have paint on it anymore.

haha im good enough to know that. do you drill the holes out so that its bare metal on the inside also

[orangejuiced86]

The very little paint that may be on the inside edge is not going to effect the weld when you are just filling a hole.

[hsean1]

i used a piece of copper pipe i flattened it and then set it from the backside and filled in the holes.the welds won't stick to the copper the bigger holes i took a big magnet you can buy them from harbor freight and cut the metal the same size and tack weld then run a bead around it.i am a newb and this worked great for me .snippers work real good cutting the metal to size.

[96gtmustang]

i would do it for $15 an hr

[aimmotorsports]

haha im good enough to know that. do you drill the holes out so that its bare metal on the inside also

i blast them clean...

[fiveohcrazy]

i blast them clean...

Me too.