[Chris Preston]

'Evening All, and Happy New Year to everyone.

We have some missing threaded studs to replace on the hull of our Ferret (for the muffler and right-rear fender), and as we'll be welding the studs directly to the hull armour, is there anything special we should use? We've also found some small hair-line cracks around the holes for the muffler mounting bolts that we'd like to address.*Our welder is wondering if there's any special wire or pre-treatment to do before the welding. Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Chris Preston,
Victoria, BC,
Canada