10-30-2011, 03:37 AM | #11 |
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Rusty old thin steel doesn't cooperate well with a MIG, but a decent TIG welder might be able to patch it. In the case of my XL, I just chopped off the offending section and started again. I bought some exhaust tubing that was the correct diameter and started welding.
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