FIRST OF ALLDO NOT ATTEMPT IF YOU ARENT EXPERENCED ENOUGH TO READ WELD PUDDLE as for gasoline tanks have succesfuly repaired by hot water dawn dishwash cleaning and purging with co2 diesel fuel tanks off cat scrapers I have cut open with o/a co2 purge keep purge going until done welding coustmer is ...

Personely donot own a Viking AD shield but I have wittnested 3 AD lenes destroyed by young welders trying to see arc by being so close to arc heat litrely warped and ruined lenes expense lessons

I have welded tons of this type plate how ever never used dual shield position permitting(flat)only 7024 jet works good may save time and money over reworking just a thought

I agree clean is the answer I have repaired several cummins rock damanged pans old trick if you have access to a oxy acetylene torch lite torch leave oxygen off cover cleaned surfaces with carbon soot then turn ox on start pre heating until soot starts to loosen and come off pre heat helps boil dirt...

first let me introduce myself I am Allen from south east Ohio have been following Jody for quite sometime this is my first reply so please bear with me. I owned and operated my own welding business doing any thing from pipe fitting x ray on gas compressors to some of the nastiest heavy machinery rep...