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Originally Posted by BodhiBenz1987
Guess it can't hurt to take a welding class, either.
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Even if you end up deciding not to fix your 240D I think you would enjoy a welding class.
I admire your ambition, the problem with this sort of repair is that you don't really know what you are getting into until you get it all apart and grind away all the undercoating to take a good look. I don't want to further depress you but its been my experience that there will ultimately be about twice as much rust present as you can see on an initial inspection.
It is very satisfying to do this sort of rust repair but it is very time consuming. As others have said you almost have to have a dedicated garage space since the car will be laid up for at least a couple of weeks - and most likely more like a couple of months... or years!