Yep, Hobart 210 refurb. Buy once cry once. I don't anticipate ever needing anything else.
John, will definitely be getting some decent 30/35 wire immediately plus someone's off-cut scraps to sequester myself with.
Update: broke the car. Dusted a rear brake line and there's power steering fluid everywhere. I had to hurry to put it on a trailer and wave goodbye so I don't know if that's a hose gone or what.
Last weekend I broke a few cross links on the passenger car-grade V bar chains I was using, and I suspect that clipped the brake line, and this week it disintegrated. I'm now using basically
customized logger truck chains* and I suspect they stick out enough, and the wheel deflects enough, that they could maybe come into contact with lines again even without breaking. Two options: 1) Longer brake lines, and secure them up in the wheelwell, 2) lower-offset wheels to poke 'em out a bit, flare fenders. First is cheaper, 2nd looks cooler. Either a terrible idea?
* Apparently, these are arguably worse than V bars unless sharpened, which I did not know. Mine are also far too loose. They should look like
this.
On the steering rack, I was pretty hot on the quickener idea, but after making a mess I'm wondering if the extra stress on the rack is really a great move? Again I don't know if I just popped a line or what, but if I can rip on the thing twice as fast, is this going to happen all the time?
Very hard ice on Sun, lots of incidents and broken cars, couple flips. Steering rack has its work cut out:
https://youtu.be/E8_L89dhoX8 (can't drive an automatic transmission)
https://youtu.be/Higz8jFSZ3Q (can't do a pace lap, or drive at all)