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time to break out the book and follow the gas path, also make sure the bottle isn't empty, no telling how many times thats bit someone on the butt like a rattlesnake.
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First thing that comes to mind Ed is a setting on the welder. Mine is processor controlled if I set it for flux core wire the solenoid gas valve doesn't operate. Check the manual for a setting or switch.
If thats not the case see if there is a connector that feeds gas to the lead, open it and see if the gas is getting that far. I've had trouble with the cover on a new liner separating and blocking the flow in the lead.
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(09-15-2013, 12:25 PM)oldgoaly Wrote: so you are mig welding? what type of welder? some will have a solenoid to shut the gas off, cheapy units have just a mechanical valve in the torch.
MIG welding. Millermatic 180.
http://www.millerwelds.com/products/mig/...del=M00209
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(09-15-2013, 12:45 PM)dallen Wrote: time to break out the book and follow the gas path, also make sure the bottle isn't empty, no telling how many times thats bit someone on the butt like a rattlesnake.
No gas path diagram in the manual. If the bottle was empty, I wouldn't be able to set the flow to 20. It's almost full though.
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(09-15-2013, 12:48 PM)f350ca Wrote: First thing that comes to mind Ed is a setting on the welder. Mine is processor controlled if I set it for flux core wire the solenoid gas valve doesn't operate. Check the manual for a setting or switch.
If thats not the case see if there is a connector that feeds gas to the lead, open it and see if the gas is getting that far. I've had trouble with the cover on a new liner separating and blocking the flow in the lead.
Thanks Greg. Time to do some exploratory surgery. The warranty has run out on it so no worries about voiding the warranty.
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sometimes it the little things that bite us in the ankles.
be sure and get some nozzle jelly, if you don't have some already
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(09-15-2013, 03:08 PM)dallen Wrote: sometimes it the little things that bite us in the ankles.
be sure and get some nozzle jelly, if you don't have some already
David,
Ain't that the truth. After thinking about it I think that even though the O-rings looked good, one of them probably wasn't sealing tightly and when I pushed it back into the welder I got it seated in further and it sealed. That's my best guess anyway.
Oh, and I do have a jar of nozzle gel.
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