Back to the Plan

Ok had a small bit of trouble over the last day or two, converted my MIG welder to run off of Fire Extinguisher (CO2) gas but, the other night the regulator froze up and the relief valve popped.  

When I tried on Monday night to weld again I found that the relief valve hadn't reset and I was loosing gas.  So gave up.

Looking further on the net I found that the CO2 extinguishers have a tube to the bottom so they eject liquid instead of gas. So because I want gas I need to invert the extinguisher. :D

Last night - Disassembled the relief valve and cleaned and re-set it, now working again so I could start welding.

Just a quick note:   Grinding discs  - are you all aware that these have a shelf life and the Best before date is printed or stamped on the disc :

Best Before Date of a Cutting Disc

Started welding up the Drivers side engine mount for "Tiny" first of all it was tacked into position and checked to make sure that it had not moved.

As you can see from the photo above this mount is the old tdi 300 mount with out lugs for the void bush removed and a 45 Deg angle made of 10mm steel mounted so that it lines up with the 101 chassis mounts.

Once checked if was fully welded up and braced in several places.

 From the photos to the left you can seen the mount being welded up. The welding is not pretty but it has full penetration and is 100 x better than the original conversion mounts that came with the engine

Finally the mount is painted and left to dry, fitting tomorrow and then start on the next and final engine mount.

Paint Right hand engine