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No problem...I've done some crappy welding in the past...on my poor Chevelle no less, so hopefully someone can benefit from my mistakes. Also, if you need parts for that thing, let me know, I'm cutting up a few cars (one's a V6 and ones bent...like 2 inches short bent) so I have some parts. The aluminum is a good trick..it helps get the heat you need into the weld on that thin stuff. I like (but rarely get) my spot welds so hot they 'sink' like the factory spots, rather than making a little pimple.
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Yeah it looks like your a bit better off than me. I highly recommend picking up a spot weld cutter it will make removing the old pan significantly easier and cleaner.
It isn't hard. It just takes quite a bit of time. If you just start taking stuff apart you can do it in a couple of hours. I just did this over the last couple of nights myself. What took the most time was labeling everything and bagging all the small parts. I've actually reassembled these interiors without having labeled anything and I won't go through that again. I did it, but it took probably 3 times longer than it should have.
