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MK1?  MK2?  Are these Capris?  Yes, my roof leaks but I thought it was from the top shrinking and the threads rotting out.  I have ordered a top that uses the type of canvas found on BMW & Mercedes.  Hope it does better than the vinyl one. I had thingd like missing bolts, bad spot-welds. I hear the automatic trannys sucked.  What years did they offer them dowm there?

Even though my "cool" ride is a chopped '78 Monte Carlo, I get a touch of the "down under" with my '91 Mercury Capri.  Did they offer the Capri in Australia? Did it have the same name?  Why was the quality so bad?  Was it just the one model or do you have a lot of quality issue down there?

I was planning to use that hanger with a ss muffler clamp that I can get from my local Dynomax dealer. They have ss clamps but not the hangers.

Gotcha!

Thanks, Bob. That was what I was looking for. You da man!

Glad it was the one. It is the only one I know of. Pick mine up at the Nationals  in years past. They had a bunch of them laying on a table.

bob

Not to sound critical or picky, but a hose clamp?  Looks tacky.  Borla has SS muffler clamps that look like muffler clamps.  They don't use them to seal the pipe but use them for their hangers.

I have seen the clamps on a couple of different sites but not the hangers. I know somebody makes them because I saw the once.

I have installed a number of Borla exhaust systems and they come with SS hangers.  Go to their web site and send them an e-mail for wheat you want

Never-Rust 412 786 7775 You can also get them from Lane Automotive.

Borla Exhaust does all that SS stuff even SS band clamps (vs the old compression clamps)

What I think is confusing the guys here in the US is that the Falcon nameplate died here when the '60s Falcon platform became the Mustang.  Down under, the Falcon name has lived on into modern days!  Is it still current down under?

MIG has one "soft" point to be made aware of.  Because the wire is softer than steel, it can bird-nest easily.  If using the full length gun with the wire drive in the welder, bird-nest cleanup can eat up wire & time.  The best way to do Aluminum with MIG is a spool-gun.  This is a weld gun that has the wire drive and a small spool of wire at the head.  If you do bird-nest, it is a quick reset.  The added bonus is that the wire speed control is right at your finger tips as you weld for easy adjustment.  Remember, also, this is different than steel's "Short-Circut" method.  The wire speed gets turned back to a hiss sound.  Oh, and don't forget that stainless-steel brush.  Everything has to be clean, clean, clean!  And care for that brush as if you used it in your mouth!  Don't use it for any other purpose other than aluminum welding!

MIG welding is a different welding process.  Where TIG is an "electric flame" that uses a constant arc, MIG uses a "short circut" method where the wire extends to the metal, makes contact, and the contact heats and melts the wire where it then falls into the weld, breaks the circut and the process starts over.  That is what makes the "bacon frying" sound. It is the contact and the subsiquent melting of the wire that makes the weld.  The oxygen in the CO2 helps ignite the metal (yes, just like in oxy-acc. cutting, the steel actually burns!) to help with the penetration. There is another MIG technique called "spray transfer" where the wire speed is slowed down to create a constant arc and the wire melts before it reaches the work.  The polarity of the arc is what draws the molten metal to the work.  This technique is used with aluminum MIG welding and produces a "hissing" sound.

Yep, it's the gas.  CO2 is used in mig for penetration. the argon is the shield.  Sometimes straight CO2 is used with MIG for heavy steel but the spatter caused makes it impractical for sheet metal work.  With TIG, you are looking for a straight shielding action since you are using a constant arc rather than the short-circut method of MIG.  The CO2 is causing the arc "Blow-out"

I fix computers (use to for a living) and found Spybot Search & Destroy by PK Software (free) does the best job plus it immunizes your system against over 1,000 spybots!  Go to Google and type in the whole name.  Be careful, there are a lot of programs that have a similar name that actually add their own spyware.  As to the Norton issue, you have a virus that is crippling the install.  Go to Norton web site and they will have the procedure to remove the infection.

It is too bad that you used the foam that you did.  Real automotive foam is a two-part mixture and comes as both soft foam (like the OEMs use under the hood) and rigid type like what OEMs use in new car pillars.  The kind in the single can (Great Stuff, etc.) will actually shrink with time creating a gap that will hold water.