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nascardad
building custom autos
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I've got a bunch of rust outs on my '71 Dodge truck. I don't have an arc welder worth a darn and don't know how to use one anyway as I've never had access to one. I did learn at an early age to gas weld with both bronze and steel rods.I plan mostly to weld the holes up this way. To smooth it though, I'll need some sort of filler. I've never really liked bondo type fillers as they just don't look right. At least when I use them.
I remember seeing lead free lead filler several times but don't remember where I saw it. Anybody know? I went to the Eastwood site but it's not really user friendly. If I knew more about body work it wouldn't probably be a problem. However, what I know about body work can pretty much be written in a matchbook with a grease pencil. Since the truck is going to be a rat rod, it won't have to look nice. However, I would like to keep dry when it rains.
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I've heard about what your talking about. I think they used it on muscle car once. I have done lots of body work and I am a fan of the body filler that has fiberglass in it. East wood sells that lead alternative, another thing you could use to fill the holes is brazing rod.
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My first thought is to drill a small hole so I can insert a bronze rod and then weld it from the outside and then file it down. I figure this truck will let me learn ne techniques.
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When I filled the trim holes on my Impala, took a length of 3/4" copper pipe and cut and flattened the end into a spoon. Then held the spoon behind the hole and used my MIG welder to fill in the hole, the weld does not stick the copper, ground them down and used minimal filler to finish it out.
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I'm thinking of something similar. The problem is where the rust out is. There are a lot of blind corners and such that are challenging at best to fill. Sometime when I get home before dark, I'll take some photos of what I have to work with.
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Why not go by a tire store,get some wheel weights and use REAL lead?
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Why not go by a tire store,get some wheel weights and use REAL lead?
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Too much trouble. I've been looking closer and it looks like there may not be enough metal to weld anything to. So far, I've filled a 5 gallon bucket with one mouse nest I've vacuumed out. I got to looking in there yesterday and there's still more in there. Since this isn't a structural support and it's going the rat rod route, I think I'll just fill it with expanding foam and then bondo over it.
I've settled on Rust-O-Leum industrial paint for a color. Hunter green is close to what it is now, and that may be what's on there anyway, so I'll paint it with a roller. About $45 for a paint job, both coats.
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