darren1969

Gas less welder is better for outside as there is no gas shield for the wind to blow away however if you get a duel system you will have the best of both worlds.

As an ex-welder 150amp should be fine for what you need, 0.6mm wire is a bit of a pain cos it always gets tangled in the pinch rollers so run 0.8mm wire if you can. Have a look on ebay to see what else you can get for £300, like the other member said the higher the amps the better but anything above 250amps would be better on 3 phase power supply. I've no had much use of the gasless mig welders so would recomend a CO2/Argoshield set, you then have the option to try gasless mig wire if you want to. Happy welding!

Fuel filter already replaced. Think it might have to go into a garage, just need to get it there!

HELP! I have a 1998 Defender with 2.5 Td5 engine, recently the fuel pump siezed blowing its fuse. On removal of the fuel pump from the diesel tank I found it was full of black gunge, I tried to clean out the pump but it was dead. I cleaned out the fuel tank and got a second hand fuel pump and fitted it, I then re-filled the fuel tank with clean diesel. My engine started but was very low on power and smoked a lot. It eventually died at the side of the road after about 3 miles, I sat at the side of the road planning my options for about five minutes then decided to give it another try, the engine started with no issues and ran well with no smoke either, after about 35 miles the same problems started, lack of power and black smoke. I have not run it till it dies as I don't want to do any damage. Anyone got any ideas what could be the problem? Thanks