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yeah i read about the stainless wire working good but then i didn't try it because i figured i had the wrong gas. I do have a bottle of pure argon but my welder manual said to use a helium argon mix for stainless. I guess its not exactly stainless though. a couple test tacks got some micro...

well after further inspection there was a small hole around the weld area that was leaking. It was a pin hole probably full of slag and held for a while until the slag fell out. I welded it but also there were more fractures around the eyelet for the lower link. I did a little careful mig...

well I decided to tear into this thing and see if I can come up with a solution. basically the mounting hole for the lower 3 point link is cracked. someone welded it with nickle rod before and puddled some sort of white epoxy on the inside. I thought about brazing the crack and fabricating...

Also I have noticed that there are some upper mounting holes that seem to be for the lower 3 pt links. can these be used or are they for something else. ? that might solve some of my problem of re breaking the cast.

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So I drove three hours and bought this beat up looking l175 for $1000 with a nice box scraper. the owner said that it was ugly but everything worked good and no problems with it other than a few minor things like bad seat and ignition switch problem. I had to drive three hours and the seller...