I tried out the 210MP for a a bit. I didn't do a lot of welding, but I did enough to say the there is much improvement and I believe the problem is corrected. Can't even hear the wire feed working now.....which is probably the way it is supposed to be.

thanks,
Mark

I found a few minutes to put the feed drive back together with the new gear. I can say this has never operated this quiet. When I would push my thumb against the roller to apply some load it remained quiet. The original gear it would make the sound of gGRRRrrrr-------------gGRRRrrr------------gGRRRr...

The gear and roller showed up today. It came out of Lincoln as next day air.

We've tried a little tension and a lot of tension. Neither gave us sufficient improvement. Hopefully I can find some times to get this together today.

Surprisingly, the gear is available by itself and at $15 bucks a pretty reasonable cost. I also ordered a new .025 roller which was also 15. They are being drop shipped to me, hopefully they show up soon. Then, we can find out if there is any improvement.
Thanks for the replies.

The 210MP does have different size rollers. .025 .030 .035. I am using the .025 roller with .025 wire. My guess is the gear running eccentric is causing slipping on the loose side of the gear causing the wire to weld to the tip. Then when the tight side comes around the wire cant push through the sl...

Hi, Today, the frustration has passed the limit. In 2019 I bought a 210MP to replace a Lincoln Mig Pak 10. The Mig Pak 10 was about 19 years old and always worked great til I tried to run an aluminum spool gun with it. The Mig Pak 10 didn't work too well after that. After watching reviews on the 210...

I believe Van Norman made a resurfacing grinder like that. A guy in the Albany, NY area had one for sale that I came close to buying, but didn't. I'm long since out of space due to my machine collecting habit. Imagine the game tetris with all the blocks shaped like lathes, mills, grinders, shapers, ...

I have a 6x18 surface grinder to resurface the manifold. If you meant Ford 427 before, you are probably aware of the long cast headers. I have a set of C5 headers in my 68 wagon that took a lot of flat sanding on 60 grit paper glued down to a drill press table. It was probably still quicker than set...

If I have to try it I might. I saw a video of a guy welding a crack on a cylinder head in a BBQ grill like mentioned above.
427? The way you say 7 liter makes it sounds like a Galaxie. Or do you mean Chevrolet?

The crack is in the up close pic.

Thanks for the how-to replies. I might have to attempt it on my own as I haven't yet found a shop that this is their forte. I don't want the "well, I'll give it a try..." and have it not go so well. There are guys around me that are very good welders, but no specialist of cast iron.

The manifold isn't available new. But, there are plenty of used ones. I'd gladly go that route if date codes weren't important. I have a few of those and none are as nice as this one. This manifold is original and has the proper casting and date code. The manifold will be painted and the car isn't a...

How in depth?---well, I was looking for a heat treat oven for a while to be able to preheat and control cool this part. But, I think sending it out might be the best bet. Just not sure where.

hi CJ737,
I've seen that episode before. Jody did say he thought it wasn't a good repair for a manifold that goes through heating and cooling cycles.

Hey guys, What I have is a cast iron exhaust manifold that has a crack. The easy thing to do would be to replace this manifold. However, it is original to the car with the correct date code and in excellent shape minus the crack. The repair I am looking for needs to be not visible. A row of dimes wo...

If I am the end user of an item, like tools, then I pay the tax. Here is an example. If you buy a die grinder with a cut off wheel to use for work performed on a customer's car, I would pay tax on the die grinder because am keeping it as the end user. The cut off wheel is considered a consumable use...

I'm quickly finding out Airgas is a pain in the ass. They are charging me tax. I have a shop with a tax ID for resale. Consumables used in performing the work are covered by this exemption. I know I submitted my tax number when I opened the account last year. Maybe it needs to be submitted annually....

Yesterday, I received the new CK torch and hose set for the tig welder. I got everything hooked up. This time, I made sure to fill the Miller Coolmate 3. I turned it on and nothing. It would trip the breaker on the machine. The unit was brand new, but sitting around for who knows many years. I took ...

WHOA!!!!!!! adding the S does work!!!! Thanks DavidR8 for that tip!

Thanks for the technical reply. So I would need to have Hi-freq switch set to start or continuous for welding steel?

10% prestone, with the 90% being distilled water?

Thanks,
Mark

Yes, it was at 150a. I started at 70 amps trying to imagine the setting I'd use with mig or stick. I kept turning the amps up hoping the arc would appear without shorting the tungsten. I wonder if the wire was corroded. There was residual liquid in the hose since I got the welder 6 years ago. It cou...

Yup, good ground. Definitely the torch/hoses. I was about the walk out the door and head home and spotted a set of jumper cables on the wall. I pulled them down and got out a piece of welding stick. Hooked the jumper cable to the Electrode lug on the machine and struck a hefty arc with the stick. No...

Here is what I just tried. I turned on the welder. Using a volt meter Between the workpiece and the tungsten, the voltage measured -56 volts. Test between the workpiece and the electrode lug and it is -71 volts. The negative number is just because the polarity of how I attached the volt meter. To fu...

Hi Alan,
Thanks for the quick reply. I did try resharpening the electrode. Still, ther eisn't even a spark when I touch the electrode to the workpiece. My feeling is something is off or failed. Just need to narrow it down.

Mark

Tonight, April 25th 2020 I struck my first TIG arc. The Miller Syncrowave 300 I have is possibly of 1980 vintage. I held the TIG tip close to the workpiece and nothing happened--on-off-on-off the pedal. Holding the pedal on, I got it a little closer until it touched the workpiece, then the arc start...