It passed!!!

I got a quote off the local garage to do the mot and fix two holes behind my rear shock mounts only to find another before I took it in. I took the plunge, brought a mig welder put back the date of my mot a few weeks and started teaching myself to weld using YouTube and advice off a mates dad.
Got to a point I was happy to have a crack at the 3 (which turned into 11) holes in my chassis. Cut back to good metal in all of the places with holes and went about patching them up. It's saved me an absolute fortune and the welder has already paid for itself twice over in saved labour costs!!! So chuffed I managed to do it by myself and feel I can have a go and succeed in doing some more complicated bit. Had the mot today and the old girl passed with no advisories!!

Result, well done

Learn by doing. Well done pal.

Just out of interest, which welder did you buy?

I have a gasless MIG unit here which I've attempted using several times, but it's pretty rubbish - the welds formed are invariably weak and look terrible.

Great job, very satisfying when your own work gets you through.

RiffRaffRevival said:

Just out of interest, which welder did you buy?

I have a gasless MIG unit here which I've attempted using several times, but it's pretty rubbish - the welds formed are invariably weak and look terrible.

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I went to machine mart and got the 135te. Brought the 145 which can do both gas and gasless first but the gas was leaking inside the unit so I took it back, tried my reg and bottle on a new one and it still leaked so paid the extra and got the 135 which is well worth the extra money.

Lawson86 said:

I went to machine mart and got the 135te. Brought the 145 which can do both gas and gasless first but the gas was leaking inside the unit so I took it back, tried my reg and bottle on a new one and it still leaked so paid the extra and got the 135 which is well worth the extra money.

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Get the anti spatter spray too makes everything look a lot neater.

zeaphod said:

Great job, very satisfying when your own work gets you through.

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Definitely, I was worrying all morning they would think my welding wasn't good enough to pass though.

Thanks Lawson86... very helpful. I think I'll definitely go the gas route next time, as opposed to gasless.