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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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[–] • 1 pt

You might as well make the work as easy as possible. PB Blaster is a good choice, I think.

Do you have a 'hot wrench' if things go south? There's a time and a place for the torch!

I can kinda weld. I'd not trust my welding to anything too structural, but I could weld engine mount hardware back in place after a torch-mishap.

Seriously, I do not envy your task.

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I do have a torch on hand just in case! Thankfully tho I've never had to use it whenever I've done work on the Vic :) The car has next to nothing in terms of rust so at least I have that in my favor haha

To be honest, my welds look like pigeon shit lol. I'm pretty good with soldering but I have very little experience with welding. I definitely want to get around to practicing more because I think metal fabrication is loads of fun, just gotta get my own equipment though and also a place to do it. On the bright side, I do know some excellent welders just in case

I envy your car lift hahaha

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LOL My car lift is enviable! It's perfectly acceptable to envy a lift! I envied one. That's why I got one. It has had many hours of use.

I too solder much better than I weld. My first four years in college were as an electronics engineer major with a minor in pure math. It wasn't until grad school that I switched to applied mathematics.

A torch comes in handy!

As for welding, it's mostly about keeping the pool going. I know some great welders. I am not even remotely great - I'm not even good. But... It holds...

I wouldn't count on me welding a trailer hitch - but I'd count on me welding a new mount for a stake on the side of the trailer! I'm somewhere between those skills.

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Haha! That's exactly right! Whenever I get my lift, I'll be using that thing like a whore lol!

Right on! Do you still do any soldering nowadays? I actually just got some new solder tips in the mail today. One of them is this interesting looking angled tip that I think should help me with extremely small pads. I'm trying to resolder the tiny pins on a micro USB port back onto a power distribution board so I'm hoping it'll to do the trick

That sounds like some decent welding skills. Better than mine at least. I only trust myself to weld some sort of paperweight haha