is this fixable

[00Bolt]

is this fixable in anyway??


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[Silver_2000]

Scott

You MIGHT be able to get it heliarced - Assuming its aluminum. BUT it will take a REALLY good - REALLY good aluminum welder to weld the cast piece.

No ebay discounts here...

If its weldable - The tough part will be welding it so that the holes end up in the same spot....

Doug

[00Bolt]

well the plenum was FREE :D

does anyone know of a welder that could do this? if not, i was just gonna make a trophy out of it....

[Flats Man]

Make a jig for the welder to keep the holes in alignment and have the welder put in extra aluminum and then grind it back to the original shape and polish it! You have too much work in that piece to trash it!!

[sonicbluetommy]

Look in the phone book under welding or call a company called Praxair (welding supply), they can recommend some good ppl to help out. And only let a welder use TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) or Heliarc (same thing just a trade name used by the company (ESAB) that invented the process) to weld it. Stick welding cast alum is nearly impossible because you never know what type or quality the aluminum is. As mentioned above you will also HAVE to make a jig to prevent warpage even with tig welding. You can do most of the clean up and repolishing yourself to save some money but it well still prob cost you 50-100 bucks to get this done.

That would be a nice looking piece if fixed by the way!

[cpeapea]

i have a Tig welder and a mig welder, if you want i can take it with me to work and see if i can weld it for you.

Fyi you can also weld aluminum with a good mig

[00Bolt]

nah, i dont want a welded up piece of junk on my truck anyway, i just feel bad for Jeff spending like 30 hours on it.... all for it to crack....

i went ahead and JB welded it and im just gonna make a lamp or trophy or something out of it... ill figure something out....

but thanks though

[bobbywade69]

That piece can be welded up easily with no problems and it will still look good u just have to polish it again! I would do it for you cause I'm a cert welder but don't have time for it!!




nah, i dont want a welded up piece of junk on my truck anyway, i just feel bad for Jeff spending like 30 hours on it.... all for it to crack....

i went ahead and JB welded it and im just gonna make a lamp or trophy or something out of it... ill figure something out....

but thanks though

[mercbuff]

scott call richard mc gill (mcgills welling) 972 436 7498 hes the best he welds on boat props all day same type of aluminum

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[00Bolt]

how do you think I got that shine???

j/k, no credit here... Alpine did all the work and it turned out great, what a shame!!!

[cpeapea]

Just out of curiosity Bobby, what process, position, filler and amperage are you certified for?

[Mark #2]

nah, i dont want a welded up piece of junk on my truck anyway, i just feel bad for Jeff spending like 30 hours on it.... all for it to crack....

i went ahead and JB welded it and im just gonna make a lamp or trophy or something out of it... ill figure something out....

but thanks though

Nothing wrong with JB weld, it will hold forever in that application.

[bobbywade69]

Darn near anything there is I used up to a 3/8 - 1/2 filler rod!!:tu: Any process I've done almost all of it!:tu:




Just out of curiosity Bobby, what process, position, filler and amperage are you certified for?

[cpeapea]

a half inch rod is definitly big!

anymore i like to use the tig the most just because it is more challenging than the rest. aluminum is tricky with tig but once you get the hang of it easy as cake.

i was just curious about the other welders here ;)

[bobbywade69]

Yes TIg is my choice of welder also I use it for everything but I usually just use a 1/16 filler rod most of the time with a 5/32 tungston and a 3/8 cup!



a half inch rod is definitly big!

anymore i like to use the tig the most just because it is more challenging than the rest. aluminum is tricky with tig but once you get the hang of it easy as cake.

i was just curious about the other welders here ;)