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I would definatly give it ago. My theroy is, assuming I get the hang of it the £300+ is an investment. By the time I have finished my Disco I will have saved a fortune! and picked up a useful skill in the process.

I am going to order up 1 maybe 2 of these: https://www.weldequip.com/products/mb15-spares-kit-large.jpg

That all makes sense Rob. From what you describe about the wire speed and looking at the condition of the tip after a 'go' I think you may have nailed it, the arc is certianly cutting in and out. Now you've mentioned it I can see the issue, at the time I was totally confused. @Oldseadog...

Sucks when stuff like this happens. Feel better about getting my own welder now and giving it ago. I dont think I can do much worse than that dude.

tree fiddy!

oh http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f8/41676d1360524862-mr-mig-farnborough-hampshire-review-rear-arch.jpg that is awful. I don't feel so bad after seeing that!

Thanks for all the tips chaps. I will give it another bash tomorrow and report back! I may even get brave and do the small hole in rear foot well! Watch this space...................

Thanks James i'll give that ago. Am I right in thinking 'Too fast' would cause the weld to be 'gappy' for want of a better word?

I only yesterday brought a Welder to fix mine up. NEver even touched a welder before............

I did notice my interior lights got very warm. I also decide they were crap and replaced the bulbs for some LED feston's such as these: 36 LED Xenon White T10 BA9S Festoon Car Interior Light | eBay Much brighter!

Not the 1st to suggest that. I am begining to think that maybe the issue......

This is the underside: http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh606/Jebbus12/IMAG0435_zpsaab9e2ab.jpg Gas is 95% Argon 5% CO2 The settings were a little confusing to be honest. The power dial goes 1 2 3 and then there is a min/max switch. These were the switch on min and the dial on 2. Wire speed...

That is 2 pieces welded together. I tried to yank them apart but they wouldnt budge so I guess thats ok, it just looks really messey. :confused:

Well finally got the Clarke 160tm sorted. No pics of it directly as I put it away beofre think about it! Below are my very 1st attempts at welding after watching a few YouTbe vids and reading a lot on How to MIG Weld - Tutorial I can look at the welds all day and say "that looks good...

I had no belt attached to my pump when I brought the thing so that was no biggie. I took it to a local aircon place to have the system purged of the nasty gas. If you decided to do it the red neck way and stab a pipe then for god sake don't breath it in The pump was just 4 bolts and a plug to...

I removed my aircon pump and radiator. Eventually I will be putting a 2nd alternator where the pump was. No tips on the glow plug though, sorry!

Well I changed the rear pads today and the noise went away! Thank you for your suggestions. Here are some 'Scary' photos: http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh606/Jebbus12/Gone_zpsdc2ce549.jpg http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh606/Jebbus12/IMAG0417_zps1d8dcf2d.jpg...

Are there no 'off road' brake pad upgrades possible for a Land Rover?

Good point!

New pads are sitting on my desk waiting for next weekend, I have been pondering replacing the hoses as well, not because they need doing but while I am there I could replace them with braided hoses.