Chicago mig welder 131 question

[Zobman]

I was emailed yesterday from another person who has the Chicago Electric Dual Mig Welder 131. He advised the spring in his gas diffuser got broke. I purchased my welded off of E-bay and mine desn't have a spring in the gas diffuser. Can anyone tell me if their's has one, so I know if mine is missing or if I am not suppose to have one! Thanks

[Knotbored]

Harbor freight has online manuals for all the Chicago welders they sell. These are .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files about 2 meg and can be saved. Look on the sale page for your specific welder-then look for "download shop manual" on that page. Those manuals have blowups of the welder parts.

[Zobman]

Thanks, but the manual just shows the gun, and the individaul parts for the gun. So I am not sure if there is suppose to be one or not?

[Whiteymin]

Hey Zobman. Whitey here. Let me see if I can return some help. The nozzle that you have determines whether it has the spring underneath. If it is a slip on nozzle, just pulls off and pushes on, then it will have the spring underneath. If it is a screw on nozzle, then it would not have the spring. Hope this helps buddy.
Whitey

[TeckniX]

Harbor freight carries a dual mig welder 151 and dual mig welder 131 - Just wondering why you opted for the 131. Is it just because of the 115v input?

[Zobman]

Nope! it's because I bid on it on E-bay and won! For what I paid, I couldn't resist! And well, it's a lot easier with 110V per 220V. But I am a electrician so I could put in a 220v outlet. But for what I plan on doing with it, 110v should be fine!