<VV> welding up drilled spot welds

[tkalp at cox.net]

My first advice is 20-20 hindsight . . . only drill thru the spot welds on one panel.  But too late for that advice on this project.  Find a chunk of copper to back up the hole . . . the weld should not stick to the copper.  Just picked up a copper paddle at Harbor Freight for that purpose, only cost a few bucks.   Haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but should work fine.

Another hint is to spiral in from the outside of the hole using short bursts of weld (not sure how messy that would be with the flux core, never used it)
Wichita, KS


Good to see you taking on a major challenge. You will feel great when it is finished and you can say you did it yourself.

T. Kalp

---- Ramon Rodriguez III <corvairgrymm at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello all,
> 
>      First let it be known that I'm a lousy welder using a flux core wire
> feed (220V) unit.  For the very first time I am replacing a panel and I'm
> trying to do it more or less the proper way.  The panel I'm replacing is
> the "nose", including the "grill" area and the front valance on a 65
> coupe.  I removed the old panel and also the better panel from another car
> by drilling the spot welds.... let me tell you that was not as easy.  So
> now I'm installing a panel with all the spot welds drilled out onto a car
> that also had the spot welds drilled out.
> 
>      How do I go about filling those holes?  Any tips or tricks?
> Fortunately all the holes will be behind the bumper and under the
> weatherstrip but I'm trying my best to make it a quality repair.
> 
>      The panel I'm installing turned out to barely be any better than the
> one I removed (the old panel was all bent up etc, the new one is full of
> holes near the bottom), but having it off the car affords me the
> opportunity to do a better repair job before installing it.
> 
> -- 
> Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
> Lake Ariel, PA
> 1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
> 1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
> 1965 Corsa 140 coupe (for sale/under construction)
> 1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
> 1962 Monza PG coupe (under construction)
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