No disrespect intended --- :^) Getting proper penetration seems to be the biggest factor in welding. That I can see anyways. That and test fitting a piece before making final welds..... (yes that was me who made part of my driver side support for the passenger side w/o test fitting it!) D-oh! Neil. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:10:53 -0700, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said: > > > Ah yes. The shifter! > > I only ground that weld because it was preventing the spring from > compressing and blocking the proper placement of the retaining collar. > I didn't realize that the weld was all on the surface and evidently had > not penetrated at all. > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL >
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