[8man]

Thanks Mongo.

I think you were right about some additional rusty areas where the metal was thinner was what caused my blow outs.

I was wondering how to weld it up or does it just need to be cut out further?

I found if I put a small bead in a semicircle around the "hole" that blew out that I could then tack weld to the small beads and fill in the hole. I don't know if that is right, but it seemed to work.

But I'll bet that I'll hear the correct solution would be to cut out another piece and weld in to better steel.

I must say that after almost 3 hours of fitting, I just wasn't up for more fitting. The fitting is the most aggravating part so far.