someone that can weld..and has a welder lol
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ok i have decided to use a T3, becouse the T2 option is too expensive for now but wil probably come later on.
so now i need my turbo box welded in, i dont have one yet but will place my order with avonbar soon. i am in bradford, near leeds and would cover fuel costs etc i dont have a welder tho jim (feeble) is looking at buying one so might be sorted soon?

please let me know if it is possible i phoned a few welding firms and they iether dont have the equpment to bring to me or dont want to weld a bulkhead.

thanks, Dan

£20 per hour plus fuel and welding materials, if you cut it out and prep it.............

I take it you have somewhere indoors with power to do it?

were are you?
its in the garage, its a small garage i can cut it out and theres electric its not warm but the car stays dry.

Dan

EDIT / just seen were you are will be back with milage

Edited by pot_dan on 8th Nov, 2005.

ok so 82 mile round trip, how long do you think to do it? and how much in welding materials.

please give me a round figure of how much you want for doing it now oyu know mre than me.

cheers, Dan

£10 worth of diesel at a guess, £15 ish (?) for welding gas and wire, its probably an hours job roughly to physically do the welding if you get it all properly prepped and fitted up etc before I get there, longer if it needs more fettling before its ready to weld. So the more prep you get done the less time it will take me.
As a guide, you want to cut it out neatly so the box fits CLOSELY (emphasis on CLOSELY) into the hole, and so the edges of the box butt up firmly to the surrounding metal. Then you need to grind the area where I will weld back to bright shiny steel for 1/2" or so. I would recommend an electric reciprocating saw or a jigsaw with a metal blade in to cut it out, as they make a neat job of it. Or maybe a nibbler? Angle grinders will work OK but not as neat as methods above.
Not bothered about being warm, just don't want to get piss wet through, as long as its dry and there is power that is good enough.

PS I have all next week off work so can do it any day more or less next week.

rub pot dans job off tom & its back on yours buddy, nearly there

Yep, next week I have a busy week on my car planned, will see how I get on.......

i will let you know tom, i havent got the box yet and the bulkhead is still in place untill i pull my finger out, thanks i will let you know.

Dan

Let me know......

Dan ill cut your bulkhead for you, and im buying a welder soon when i find a good deal on one so you can either let tom use it at your house, or we can have a go outselves first it wasnt that hard for mine! and i dont think we did bad first attempt with a gas welder with no gas lol

Kris didnt charge me for coming round and welding mine in £45 is quite alot, but if you can use my welder then saves you giving £15 to tom for materials and saves him having to bring his welder...

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No offence intended or taken, but if you want me to come and weld it, it will be using my Snap-on machine as I am used to it.

feebs your so tight!

what toms going to charge you is buttons! for a professional job

it takes many years of practice & skill to weld CORRECTLEY!

you just cant get a thirty bob welder and hope for the best

when tom has done the job
i can assure you it will be 100% done right!

Edited by BENROSS on 10th Nov, 2005.

as out leader Dave C would say "stop picking peanuts out of poo!"

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