as long as we're on the subject, my wife also works trauma and she said you wouldn't believe how many people have set themselves on fire by pouring gas into the carb...and like you said, they don't make meds strong enough to stop the pain that comes from those types of burns.

So everyone keep that in mind toowhen your working on your car.

 

I have welded in the car before with the tank in, I never even thought about removing it. I was, however, welding on the front of the car, no where near the tank so I guess it wasn't really a near death experience or anything. I would not try to weld the pans in with a stick welder, either buy a mig or pay to have someone else do it. I TIG weld, if everyone thinks it is so hard to learn, I can't imagine how easy MIG welding must be. Whatever you do, get a gas welder, not a flux core.

 

mig weldig is the greatest thing ever for 99% of the stuff you would ever wanna do. but if you want a PERFECT weld or your dealing with small or thin stuff, nothing beats a tig.

i used to use a miller tig watercooled setup for aluminum. we had a mig style wire feeder hooked up and you could cruise with that thing. made countless diamondplate toolboxes and such with that damn thing.

 

MIG is quick, clean and efficient. TIG is hard, but yeah, great for teeny tiny stuff, or especially show stuff. Man, nothing beats the looks of a good TIG weld. For the average guy who works on his own car and has never TIG welded though...I'd be amazed if they could figure it out on their own before losing their patience. I tried to learn and sucked at it! If you got a TIG machine and are good at it, do you live anywhere near me? lol

 

I taught myself to TIG weld when my dad bought a miller syncrowave 180. I just taught myself to weld aluminum too. The aluminum is a pain in the a$$ but I'm getting better at the steel. Here is one of my better welds from a couple weeks ago.



As you can see, I was under the impression that bigger is better that day. I have noticed that the smaller the welds are the better they look though.

 

TIG takes a LOT of practice. If I had a welder I'd prolly practice at it, but for now, I'll stick with MIG, since I know I can do that well. I oxidize everything I try and TIG weld