MARYLAND TACOMAS

Hey now, I have a 3rd gen Taco and a 3rd gen 4Runner too!

 

Weld looks fine. Bump up the heat a little more. It'll help the weld lay flatter. If you can, bevel an edge on one or both pieces to get a better weld and penetration. With flux, prep is key and it looks like you did that. Make sure the metal is clean.

 

I had general grabber AT2 on the ranger I got rid of for the Tacoma. Had I paid attention the sizes of the Tacoma wheels I might have kept them. They were 265/70/16. Only had about 40k miles on them. They were one of my favorite truck tires ever.

 

That's at max remember it's just a little 125 amper but yeah got to clean 17yrs worth of multiple undercoating/paint and road grime .I tend to try over prep the metal if that's at all possible

 

What size wire are you using?

 

.035

 

Try .030

 

Ok I'll pick sum up this week and give it a shot,thanks

 

What part of the frame are you welding? Pic?

 

Hard to tell that I was actually D1.1 certified smaw at 1time wished I finished and got certs on the mig and tig also

 

Frame rotted out by rear lower control arm weld ,plan is to hit it with another weld. Then plate it eventually

 

Post one tomorrow got to hit the hay 230am alarm time

 

Not a huge fan of the bfg ko. Wet traction is literally non existent. Replacing them in about a month before the snow hits with Toyo at2s 285/70/17. I'll have three of the KO's with low tread leftover if anyone wants a free spare.

 

Just come over Brian. I will fix it. We can have a frame day because I am repairing Dave's 500k mile Tacoma frame too.

 

Yea, give me a couple of days though

 

Thanks I'm still gonna give it a shot to repair that small broken weld but I will take you up on that to put a plate over it for to strengthen it

 

Good deal.

 

I'm down for a frame day. When's this happening?

 

Lol, sign me up since I still need to weld those nuts in.

 

Whenever you all want