Welding sheet metal:

You will need a wire feed welder, preferably with an inert gas attachment. This feeds a mixture of carbon dioxide and argon over the weld while you have the arc lit and prevents the metal from catching fire and cools it faster. You will also need heavy cotton pants and long sleeve shirt, leather gloves, and a good welder's helmet. Don't save money on the eye shield, your eyes arent' worth it!

If you don't have ANY experience with welding, find someone who does and ask for help/advice. You can seriously damage your eyes and skin arc welding, I would SERIOUSLY recommend you have someone teach you. It's also an art, so expect to practice some and/or make some messes before you get good at it.

I don't mean to discourage you, just get someone who knows what they are doing to teach you! You can get a 110 V system for a couple hundred dollars that will work just fine for you -- after all, you don't need a 100% duty cycle monster welder to fix one car!

And all my diesels blow a little puff of black smoke when I let off the throttle suddenly.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!