what not to wear
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#194
RE: what not to wear
Ok right, um ..here goes ..time to show you what dumb blondes do!! ..lol
Many years ago when I was about 20 I had this little black Kawasaki GPZ500 ..loved it but when I got it there were some small holes in the exhaust at the bottom where the headers go into the balance box area .. the system was sound though and the metal surrounding these holes was not too bad so I used my dads MIG welder to fix them up.
I removed the exhaust system complete from the bike and put on an "argon" gas cylinder ..less sputter and more even cooling welding ..you need every little extra advantage with exhausts as its too easy to keep blowing holes in the thin rusty metal which I did several times..
Anyway Picture the system on the floor complete with me in the middle with the welding torch .... the headers are pointed back toward my face ..yup!!..lol
As I welded I would check the porosity of my somewhat untidy welding by spraying wd40 on it and seeing it vanish down between the cracks or welds .. then I would add a bit more metal to where I thought the leaks where and do the wd40 test again ..I was getting a good seal in the end and just as I was about to weld the last bit of hole up KABOOM!!!! ..all the wd40 had pooled inside and at the bottom of the headers ..when I pressed that torch again it ignited and flames and soot fired out of all header ends right into my face knocking me across the garage ..result ..one screaming girl thinking I had totally lost my face and a small fire ..lol
When dad came to see what the screams where he was laughing his head off, I was eyebrowless and my hair all singed with a totally black face but no lasting damage!! ..lol
Oh and I was a bit deaf too ..lol
Jules
Many years ago when I was about 20 I had this little black Kawasaki GPZ500 ..loved it but when I got it there were some small holes in the exhaust at the bottom where the headers go into the balance box area .. the system was sound though and the metal surrounding these holes was not too bad so I used my dads MIG welder to fix them up.
I removed the exhaust system complete from the bike and put on an "argon" gas cylinder ..less sputter and more even cooling welding ..you need every little extra advantage with exhausts as its too easy to keep blowing holes in the thin rusty metal which I did several times..
Anyway Picture the system on the floor complete with me in the middle with the welding torch .... the headers are pointed back toward my face ..yup!!..lol
As I welded I would check the porosity of my somewhat untidy welding by spraying wd40 on it and seeing it vanish down between the cracks or welds .. then I would add a bit more metal to where I thought the leaks where and do the wd40 test again ..I was getting a good seal in the end and just as I was about to weld the last bit of hole up KABOOM!!!! ..all the wd40 had pooled inside and at the bottom of the headers ..when I pressed that torch again it ignited and flames and soot fired out of all header ends right into my face knocking me across the garage ..result ..one screaming girl thinking I had totally lost my face and a small fire ..lol
When dad came to see what the screams where he was laughing his head off, I was eyebrowless and my hair all singed with a totally black face but no lasting damage!! ..lol
Oh and I was a bit deaf too ..lol
Jules
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RE: what not to wear
that would have been worth the price of admission alone...i did the same thing...but with a fuel tank out of a jeep....I even flushed it with water.......but i was using an oxy/acetylene rig.....huge very hot WOOOOOOOOSH of flame out of the filler neck. friend damn near wet herself...I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe
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#198
RE: what not to wear
ORIGINAL: Pamw
back to that get it done now and quickly......I sometimes tend to "overlook" certain things.....(ie did not flush out tank quite thoroughly......wear welding apron...etc)
back to that get it done now and quickly......I sometimes tend to "overlook" certain things.....(ie did not flush out tank quite thoroughly......wear welding apron...etc)
Jules
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RE: what not to wear
ORIGINAL: Pamw
as with my work..I end up doing 20 things at the same time...fortunatly I can mulitask well.....
as with my work..I end up doing 20 things at the same time...fortunatly I can mulitask well.....
I must show you some pics of me on that bike my boyfriend at the time took of me ..we got some nice shots of me going around the bends etc ...
Jules