Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

just wanted to ask some of the guys who've done this to double check my assembly for the working cable, leads and all that...looks good right?? only thing I wasn't able to do was stretch the gun's lead wires through the clear plactic wire loop on the right panel(where the work cable is)..there just wasn't enough slack to do that and still plug them in, so I skipped running them through the loop and the wires are just dangling free, but plugged in to the trigger connection....is that okay to let the wires dangle??-->

http://www.auto-upgrade.com/misc/weld1.jpg


other than that its working, plugged it in, got it spooled up to the gun tip and ready to go...just gotta go fill the gas tank.

also, should I teflon paste the tank/gas hose connections?? I'm pretty sure I should

http://www.auto-upgrade.com/misc/weld.jpg

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

You are OK with those trigger wire hanging like that. I have the same welder and it's been like that ever since I got it from day one. if you still dont' feel safe with that wire like that hanging, just put a wire loom over it. One suggestion, get a bigger C25 gas bottle, once you start welding, it goes pretty quick. It looks like you got a 20 CF tank, you should get a 60 CF or bigger tank.

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

if you need a guinea pig, i'm your man ;D

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

leeit2me: thats cool. and yeah its a 20CF tank, maybe I'll order a bigger one this weekend.

Racintweek: haha, I'm gonna get some practice first! this weekend I'll probably just go around my house welding random ---- together, ROFL!!

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

you should tack one of your friends car doors shut :-*

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

Everything looks good. Just make sure the wires don't get in the way of the moving parts. (duh)

I'm predicting 3 bottles to get you through the roll bar kit. The most will be used on any plates you are going to weld to the floors. Just take your time, and make nothing perminant (sp?) until you want it perm...god damn it >:(

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

yeah like steve said, tack ---- up first, then once its all good. zap that ---- in fully.

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

ship the welder to me, I use it for a few months and let you know if you set it up right O0

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

do not use teflon you your fittings.

Re: Got my Lincoln welder..one or two questions...
 

^^^
Ya no need, fittings are sealed be the pressure vreated on the tip of the fiiting, not on the thread, same reason why you dont use sealer on brake lines.