A welding warning!

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Rich70
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#1 A welding warning!

Post by Rich70 » Sat May 23, 2020 10:55 am

I thought I would quickly share what I found whilst stripping the rear of the car today.

The PO had welded (poorly) a patch on the rear RH wing but the welding splatter has almost burnt through the fuel tank feed line to the pump! The blister was so thin I punctured it with a pin!

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Always make sure the inside surface is clear and safe before welding on the other side!
Richard. UK RHD 1970 S2 2+2 Auto.
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#2 Re: A welding warning!

Post by H7OB » Sat May 23, 2020 11:51 am

Wow, that is scary! Good that you found it.
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#3 Re: A welding warning!

Post by Jeremy » Sat May 23, 2020 1:42 pm

Jeepers. I wonder if the car had fuel in it when he was doing the welding.... :wow:
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#4 Re: A welding warning!

Post by MichaelDesna » Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:08 pm

Wow, Rich, that's scary. It makes you wonder sometimes what people are smoking when they work on cars. Well, let's hope they're not smoking at all ! :wow:
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