coolent pipe bonding
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so you spent countless time cleaning each fitting, mixing the jb weld applying it liberally all over inside and out. let it dry for a complete day then spent more time cleaning the inside of each fitting to ensure the passage isn't blocked and now will drill and pin each fitting to ensure you can race.
seems like the 2 hrs my shop spent welding the fittings was money well spent!
seems like the 2 hrs my shop spent welding the fittings was money well spent!
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I would think your shop spent the time cleaning them too otherwise your gonna start getting pinhole leaks where the weld did not adhere.I have mine welded but this method does work (and last).I have seen heavy machinery fittings repaired this way and have lasted a long time running 24hrs 7 days.
i could see doing this method if a single fitting came out but if the motor is already out the work doesn't justify the time when wedding is a much better way to go, but just my .02
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hit all the fittings with a hot propane torch and they came right out. buffed them with a wire brush on a drill and welded them up.
i could see doing this method if a single fitting came out but if the motor is already out the work doesn't justify the time when wedding is a much better way to go, but just my .02
i could see doing this method if a single fitting came out but if the motor is already out the work doesn't justify the time when wedding is a much better way to go, but just my .02
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Yes. As Joe said, if you do not clean all the glue out it will burn and contaminate the weld and cause porosity in the weld.
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The most common one is the one behind the alternator. Item in your 1st pic. Why? That 3/4 90 degree fitting bypasses the radiators and goes to the heater core, it sees high temps then the rest of the glued fitting
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The elbow went last year and the year before on my other car. Both times I was autocrossing. With the same club.( the corvette club. At least I had ftd.) When the other one went I was at ginger man track.
