Hi,
I need a bit of welding done on my mini and was looking for someone who can wield a mig or tig to help me out. I am in northern melbourne but can take it anywhere (esp gippsland)
can pay in $$ or brewski's.

Any ideas?

I can weld but don't own a welder so that really doesn't help does it....

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Santo

"The Lone Ranger"
HI-HO Silver......AWAAAAAY!

Can you get the car to Geelong???

The guy who did the welding on my daughters mini did a brilliant job and was very reasonable too. If you are interested please phone me. I've PM'd my number to you.

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Rod
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Rodney/

Hey Rodney,
Thanksfor that.
I will give you a call once all this xmas crap is done.
As the mini is my only car and i will have to drop the fuel tank I would prefer somewhere a bit closer than geelong. Will haveto see. I am going to take some pics of the areas need and will post when i get home from the family in gippsland

Leyland

Thanks for the offer.
David

Hey All,
I have whacked up some pics on the ol photo bucket if you want to have a look. Blackness is from rust killa stuff.


http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/ ... ss/ruuust/
David

I gots a spot welder...

Training can be performed over a very short cup of tea and a couple of hits on a piece or two of scrap metal. It's very simple to operate, any monkey can do it.

Give me a yell if you have a complete panel to replace, all you need is a grinder and a bit of time.

And I'm a lot closer than Geelong if that helps and isn't too vague on the WWW.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Hey Mick,
Thanks for that. I dont think i will need a whole panel done ( fingers crossed )
If you can see a reason in the pics that i will let me know.

If I do I will make sure to give you a ring. I have chai tea direct from Nepal that i can bring Its not that good but ... well its from nepal....so that makes it cooler.

David

Nah, that stuff gives you cancer of the sphincter I believe.

It does look like patching work, but thought I would throw it in there for thought anyway...I just had an hour of fun fashioning modifications to a factory radio box for the LS using the spot welder and my butcher's apron.

It's getting a hi-tech AM and FM wireless care of Strathfield's boxing day sale, no more cat whisker radio for the LS!

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

cancer of the sphincter eyy... should keep clear of that then...
Thanks for the offer.

I think i met you at some show a while back. Maybe the hanging rock one?

Good luck with your wireless radio. Don't know how it will work without any wires

Sure did, I reckon it must be coming up again.
It was a great day out.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Hey thats not serious, you've done the best with the rust converter. None of it looks structural. Best to now sand back to bare metal and start with a high fill primer putty to fill the pits and then go from there. Any rust converter not sanded off that sits in the pits is ok. The couple of holes I would lead fill (tin, plate tack, peen, sand paint!)

If you weld you need to treat the underside of all your weld work, properly done is a big job.