[Vwdiesel] off topic, but diesel

[Lee Hillsgrove, Sr.]

 I would second the special cast iron arc welding rod - with preheat and
afterheat.

 Dad had a big Craftsman vise that a friend of his broke the fixed jaw off
near the base by having the jaws open too far and beating on whatever it
was they were working on. Another friend of his turned him on to the rod -
as I recall it had blue flux and a high Nickel content but I don't know any
of the specs. He disassembled the vise, ground out a good V where it was
broken, and brought it up to the house and into the oven which was cranked
up as far as it would go. Once it was thoroughly heated, they carried it
back down to the shop in some old towels, welded it in multiple passes, and
immediately wrapped it and brought it right back to the house and into the
oven which was still up as far as it would go. As I recall he turned down
the temp by 50 degrees every hour or so until it was off then let it sit in
the oven overnight to cool slowly. This was when I was a kid, and once I
got older I remember using and probably abusing that vise many times and it
never broke again.

 I also recall Mom was less than pleased with that stinky, greasy chunk of
metal in her oven, but she got over it. :-)

  Lee




On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:48 PM, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> Yeah, it's warmed up to -20, so of course it's now snowing. Good a time as
> any to go wash salt off the truck... :-)
> -james
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Bryan Belman
> Sent: December-09-13 11:27 AM
> To: lbaird119 at aol.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] off topic, but diesel
>
> James, did you say -30F.  That is STAY inside by the wood stove temps.
> Wow.
>
>
> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
> 04 Golf TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running :<)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA 1Y -- running :<)
> 70 Type 1 Beetle -- Under Restoration forever:-)
>
>
>
> On Monday, December 9, 2013 11:33 AM, "lbaird119 at aol.com"
> <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>   Argh!!!  :-)
>   Any stove cement I've seen, turns hard and would likely blow out in the
> first few hours.  Hard to get solder to breach a hole bigger than an
> electrical component or small body puller will fit in.
>   Brazing will span the hole if you're good but then there's something
> called welding!
> I'm no great welder but I've done a few cast and ss welds lately. I now do
> the repairs for a local restaurant's kitchen stuff and managed to weld
> back,
> a broken wheel lug tab on one of the tractors.  Both weld like butter and
> make you feel like you really know how to weld.
>   A friend described something called "cold welding" and it worked great on
> the tractor.  Dab a short spot, go as far from that and do another, until
> you can't do any withouth heating up the part.  After each, get a chipping
> hammer and tap on it until it's nearly cooled off.  Keep repeating until
> the
> whole crack/hole is done.  Doesn't get hot enough to crack when it cools.
> Takes some time but beats scrapping it.
>      Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikitka <mikitka at embarqmail.com>
> To: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 7:25 am
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] off topic, but diesel
>
>
> You could try some Stove and Gasket Cement.
> ttp://
> www.amazon.com/Rutland-Stove-Gasket-Cement-2-3-Ounce/dp/B000FKF80M/re
> =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386601663&sr=8-1&keywords=Stove+and+gasket+cement
> If not can you possibly solder it?
> Nick
> -----Original Message-----
> rom: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> ehalf Of Val Christian
> ent: December 09, 2013 9:08 AM
> o: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> ubject: [Vwdiesel] off topic, but diesel Hairy chest diesel.
> I have a maniford for a compact diesel tractor, which is cast iron, and now
> as a hole in it.  Does anyone have experience patching exhaust manifolds
> ith
> any epoxy materials?
> The total area is about equivalent to a 10mm hole.
>
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