Love this line "Buck Rogers style heat protection."

I am impressed with the fact that the shop stepped up at least a little.  Most would have played the name calling blame game.

Not me I'm not impressed in the least.  This shit should have never happen.  People need to be a man and admit when something is over their head rather then doing a half ass job. 

Love this line "Buck Rogers style heat protection."

Hey! I used some Buck Rogers style heat protection!   

This still makes me laugh.  I especially like:

an assortment of washers, lockwashers, fender washers, rusty washers, black washers, white washers, skinny washers, fat washers, tall washers, small washers, I'm calling all washers

 

Yay, someone got the Eminem joke....

Ive been on Carolinhondas.com for a minute now and recognized the name immediately.. Never had any dealings with them myself.  This is a total crap ass job for sure.. shops like this should go out of business anytime this shit happens.

For anyone who lives in the area, or wants to check them out.

tdcauto.com is their website.

I own a cheap 110v welder.  Its a fluxcore/no gas wire feed.  Its not from harbor freight, but from tractor supply company.  For $129, I love it.  It really doesnt put down a bad weld.  With a little practice, you can make really clean welds as good as with gas mig welder.  And I stand by that.  I wouldnt build a cruiseliner with it... but for exhaust and minor supports and stuff... its great.  The biggest issue is that the cheaper welders dont have as much voltage control as a better gas mig.  My lincoln 125 has 5 voltage settings and can go pretty low on gauge steel.  My cheap welder can only go as low as 16 gauge mild, and that is asking a lot.  That takes practice... and patience to not over heat the material... otherwise you just burn through.  It was a challenge to mate stainless to mild as well.. yes I did that.  stainless headers needed to be extended for a connection.

Then again... If I worked for a shop, I would have invested in a much nicer welder.

Zombie thread I know I know, but I had no idea pez was so close to me (literally about 30 minutes away) and I to have had dealing several years ago (probably roughly the same time that this happened) with fixing one of the many f**k ups that the thankfully short lived tdc did to a guy with a basic Sr swapped 240.

If you are ever going to be near Anderson and have some time to kill message me pez I will buy you a beer.