I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’. All in all, a very nice job.
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Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case. I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
@@Smffab I could have used you 12 or so years ago when I cut one of the fuel rail mounting points on an RBC while trying to "shave" the excess stuff on it lol... the mistakes we make.
I used mix and fix at 15years ago my turbo car aluminium engine head cover broken 15cm. And i uesd Mix & Fix into the inner side and out side of head cover. And never happened any trouble untile scrap a vehicle during the 6years.. When the car scrap i serching to trouble at headcover inner side. But the welding joint was strong and clean. i didn't know or use welding machine. Inner side mix & fix situation was so so good.
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
Hi, thanks. To be honest the blow torch not really necessary, but because my machine is only 160 amps it helped warm up the part. So just as you say it helps warm up the spot I’m welding and remove the moisture. 👍🏼
Heating the whole piece in an oven is preferable rather just heating the localised area. Also avoid using a sanding belt linisher to re flatten a skimmed face if possible as they tend to shave a lot more off each end than in the centre and you may end up with a poorly sealing face. (Best re-skim if you can afford it).
It wasn’t really absolutely necessary, but because I have lower powered machine (max 160amps) it helped me get going with the initial weld, rather than waiting for the welder to do all the heating up before starting to add filler
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world). Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
Probably half price. New manifolds are £400+, used they are £330 ish. I got this one for £150 and use it on my own car but I would have probably charged around £150 for this repair if I was doing it for someone else.
No need. You can use devcon or weicon alüminium compatible steel putty. I ve used for my crv side mirror aluminium cast base due to crack with that and never fail again.
I have an aluminum welder and I’m dealing with an intake manifold that cracked from over tightening one bolt yesterday. Why did this video just pop up? Even though I am an experience seasoned welder. It’s just funny 😂😂😂
Thanks, these particular manifolds cost £450 for a new replacement or £350 for used. I picked this one up for £150 and therefore saved myself about £200. Worth it to save an intake manifold like this.
Superb I hate throwing parts away that can be repaired, splended work. How do you know the Aluminium will not dissipate the heat too fast, was the pre heating done with a MAP gas torch?
Thanks. I got this part cheap so saved myself a couple hundred. I just used a butane torch just to get a little bit of warmth in it and remove moisture before I start welding. My welder is only 160amps so it helped with initial welds.
@@Smffab Great I am tempted to try it. I want to repair the aliminium on my motorcycle engine but I have an arc welder so I need a TIG welder and argon gas so I would be better to get someone to do the repair for me. I know aluminium loses heat far faster than other metals and the window to fuse the parent metal and filler metal is narrow.
Beautiful TIG work; you are a true artist. I just wonder if the cost, in terms of your labor, was worth not just replacing it with a used, reman, or even new manifold.
I seen this father son mechanic down here the road from me other year everyday they would pick apples on the side of the road. I would always wonder what they done with a them apples that they were picking every day. So I seened them at the mechanic store and asked em.
Ive been a certified welder for almost 50 years and always found prep on aluminum is key. Clean material and preheat. Nice job
Totally agree, and thank you for watching and commenting.
I'm from UK 🇬🇧...And need welding on Cast aluminium part in my engine...
Will a Tig welder do the job?...
@@mikefranky More a person who has experience welding aluminum with a Tig welder. And a decent brand AC/DC machine at that.
@@patrickvanden8322....Cheers Patrick 👍
A man who knows and knows he knows...he is a a man to know.
Excellent work. UK.
Well said 🇬🇧👍🏼
I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
Thanks, appreciate that. Wanted to ensure it was as strong as possible. It’s going on my 450bhp AWD Honda Civic.
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Nice job 👍🏼
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
Ты джедай!
@tireballastserviceofflorid7771
hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well
what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
I am this women😊
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’.
All in all, a very nice job.
In case, sorry.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Not gunna lie, the end result was better than new. Hats off!!
Thanks 🙏
How can anyone actually believe that
Guys, HERE is our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE
Ancient Semitic of Moshe (Moses)
Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.”
Isaiah 43:11
“I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.”
Isaiah 45:5
“I am YaH, and there is none else.”
@@PeterParker-df6ce because the hole bigger and can move air with less restriction.
It's always brilliant when you see a professional working. This guy is an artist. Well done. Simply awesome. 🇬🇧
Thanks mate, appreciate it.
You just got grounds inside manifold its ruined ...great job genius
Yep totally ruined. I didn’t even wash it and blow it out before fitting either, so my engine is ruined too.
This technique could save a lot of money for anyone working with aluminum parts. Well done!
Thanks, it saved me about £200 minus my time, and welding gas.
Great work better than new, it's really enjoyable watching somebody at the top of their game doing work like this. These skills are dying out.
thanks, thats very kind.
Thank you for repairing this manifold, great job, keep it up
Anytime
Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case.
I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
Thanks
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
Thank you! I keep a scrap cylinder head for for things like this and mocking up turbo manifolds too 👍🏼
I think it is awesome that someone decides to fix it, instead of just chucking it in the bin. With a lot of expertise to boot.
Thanks. Saved me a few quid as these are not cheap to buy.
The issue is finding someone that KNOWS how to do this in your city or have to ship it out states away
FFS that’s a repair I would be 100% satisfied with. Very nice work!
Thanks, appreciate it.
The difference between a professional and the others....fantastic job!
Thanks, much appreciated. 👍🏼
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Yes I certainly think so too, thanks
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
廃盤や中古が手に入らなくなった、もしくは希少性が高く高級になってしまった車には非常に魅力的で欲しい技術です。
こういった補修技術を持っている職人さんは素晴らしいと思います👍
Thanks, and thanks for watching.
Wow, that turned out great. Tons of ways that one could have gone south in a hurry.
Thanks. 🙏
Top quality repair very professional 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
This guys doing is sick . It's apiece of art for him
Thank you. Very kind. Thanks for watching.
five minutes and 22 seconds well spent on this incredible video!!!
Thanks very much, glad you liked the video.
I came here in equal measure to admire the artestry and to enjoy the Einsteinian levels of knowledge in the comments. Both were found to be present 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
That’s cool man, interesting to hear about the hood trim repair.
This is craftmanship art at its finest. This guy is worth every penny.
Thank you, very kind of you.
درود سپاس. من هم تراشکار ماهر وهم جوشکاری انواع فلزات هستم. وکارتون عالی وبی نقص هست
Thanks, both very good skills to have. Thanks for watching.
Wahnsinn! Wirklich beeindruckende Reparatur.
Awesome repair. Real joy to have proper Tools and skills!🤠👍
Thank you, and thanks for watching
I thought he was about to reuse the aluminium shavings
😂
I too, that would not stick but melt I guess.
Great work saving the RBC! It looked very nice in the end.
Thanks, definitely worth saving
@@Smffab I could have used you 12 or so years ago when I cut one of the fuel rail mounting points on an RBC while trying to "shave" the excess stuff on it lol... the mistakes we make.
I used mix and fix at 15years ago my turbo car aluminium engine head cover broken 15cm. And i uesd Mix & Fix into the inner side and out side of head cover. And never happened any trouble untile scrap a vehicle during the 6years.. When the car scrap i serching to trouble at headcover inner side. But the welding joint was strong and clean. i didn't know or use welding machine. Inner side mix & fix situation was so so good.
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
Thanks. It would be interesting to see what it flows.
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. Would be nice to have a milling machine in the shop. The linisher is good enough for now.
@@Smffab Yes I never thought of it. I have a belt sander I can use for smaller jobs.
I've never welded aluminium so I haven't a clue, but that looked like a lot of material taken off for the weld bead. Great job, looks like new.
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
Very nice repair! What specification welding rod is used for the cast ally?
I used 4043 filler rod for this. It has worked well. Thanks
@@Smffab Thank you!!
Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
Nice! Also the cast aluminium seemed pretty clean, normally, you need to smelt with TIG to let dirt out prior to welding it😊
Thanks. It was very clean, Honda parts are good quality thankfully.
Very nice job !
What brand of milling cutter do you use for aluminum ?
I’m not sure on the brand, I found it on eBay. Just search for carbide burr for aluminium
@@Smffab OK, thanks !
Very well done.
Question is, how did it break? Dropped on the floor?!?!
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
Hi man good job I don't know alu. You pass the blowtorch to warm the spot before welding or to remove water condensation or for else reason ?
Hi, thanks. To be honest the blow torch not really necessary, but because my machine is only 160 amps it helped warm up the part. So just as you say it helps warm up the spot I’m welding and remove the moisture. 👍🏼
That reminds me , I need a check up at the dentist 😫 .
😂😂😂
J.B. Weld.
It worked on my David Bradley walk behind. Lasted years! until I sold it to a fellow out of D.C.
Awesome, I’ve never tried it
Heating the whole piece in an oven is preferable rather just heating the localised area. Also avoid using a sanding belt linisher to re flatten a skimmed face if possible as they tend to shave a lot more off each end than in the centre and you may end up with a poorly sealing face. (Best re-skim if you can afford it).
Thanks
How fast does aluminum cool down once out of the oven? Was the surface flat and did it appear to be functional?
Sir, you are an Artist. very nice work.
Thank you very much!
Why is preheating necessary before the welding job?
It wasn’t really absolutely necessary, but because I have lower powered machine (max 160amps) it helped me get going with the initial weld, rather than waiting for the welder to do all the heating up before starting to add filler
Looks great, nicely done 👍🏻
Thanks
What die grinder are you using?
It seems super heavy duty and barely slows as you are cutting away
Mikita die grinder plug in one
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
Thanks, yeah I wonder. But It’s been on my 400bhp AWD civic for a couple of months now and still going strong!
Nice Job, greetings from South America, Santiago de Chile.
Hi 👋 and welcome to the channel, thanks.
Looks perfect and clean........but how reliable is..........🤔🤔
Thanks. I’m confident that it is a solid repair, and so far it’s just fine on my 400bhp AWD civic
Wow, what skill. Pleasure watching this!
Thanks for watching!
Why does this video make me feel like I am at the dentists?
More importantly what kind of tool is that and where can I get one
Which tool? The carbide burr tool on the Mikita die grinder ?
@@Smffab that’s carbide? Good to know
Beautiful work! Just curious if the cost of labor on this outweighs the cost of replacement, unless it's a legacy part that can't be found?
A very nice finishing job. Keep up the good job😊
Thanks, appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching.
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world).
Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
Thanks for watching!
Use a casting alloy filler metal instead of common welding rods. Usually these will match base metal better and hold up long term.
Thanks. I just used 4043 on this which is intended for casting.
Exelente trabajo! Esa es la forma correcta!!!!!!!! Bravo saludos cordiales desde argentina
Thanks bro, appreciate it
What kind of grinder bits are those?
Carbide burr specifically for aluminium
Single cut
That is immaculate. Well done!
Thanks 🙏
Great job. How long did it take in real time, start to finish?
Good question, probably about a couple of hrs.
@@Smffab Thanks, that's good going.
Skillful repair, a joy to watch
Glad you liked it
Very nice craftsmanship!
Thank you. And thanks for watching and commenting.
Good job , those R tech welders are awesome I have the 170 digital, stay lucky, stay safe!😉
Thanks mate. They are great value for money, I’ve never had a problem with mine, and I’ve managed to do all kinds of jobs.
Used manifold $100, welding job: $200
This manifold cost me £100 and they are worth £350. Welding job was free to me as this manifold is going on my own car.
Would you say about $200 for a repair like this?
How much would you charge for a customer?
@arsalan101 being that you could pay $2,000 for a port job.. that could easily be $500 with a blend and resurface.
*We'd get $350 min for that but we'd mill the mating surface flat after we opened up the ports.*
I like how a flat head screw was used to perfectly center the piece.
Thanks. Yes, The counter sink bolt helped perfectly align the piece as you say.
@@Smffab That was good thinking on your part!!
9/10. The only thing I would add would be a thermal cycle before the grinding.
Thanks, appreciate the he feedback
Once I saw the ports getting feathered in, I knew it was going to be a job well done.
Thanks
Great job. You've got some skills!
Thank you very much!
Perfect Job and nice work but wouldn't the labor to do that work be more than the cost of a new manifold?
Probably half price. New manifolds are £400+, used they are £330 ish. I got this one for £150 and use it on my own car but I would have probably charged around £150 for this repair if I was doing it for someone else.
AWESOME job. I need to bring my transfercase support to you to fix...lol MOPAR 4 EVER.
Can you show us how to do a cast steel exhaust manifold repair?
if one comes up i certainly film it
No need. You can use devcon or weicon alüminium compatible steel putty. I ve used for my crv side mirror aluminium cast base due to crack with that and never fail again.
I’ve never used that stuff as I can just tig weld it.
Excellent work
Many thanks
Wow fixed it better than new
Thanks
Did you feel any power increase on opening the runners?
Beautiful, restored and enhanced
Thank you very much!
Fabulous Work! Great Hands! True Craftsmen...
Thank you very much!
I have an aluminum welder and I’m dealing with an intake manifold that cracked from over tightening one bolt yesterday. Why did this video just pop up? Even though I am an experience seasoned welder. It’s just funny 😂😂😂
Methodical approach, nice outcome…
Very kind, thanks
It would be a trip to the scrap/recycling yard for me.
Great work...
Great video.
Really appreciate the skill.
Glad you liked it!
Did you use Helium or Argon?
I used argon for this.
Good job ! But , why didnt you simply changed manifold ?)
Thanks, these particular manifolds cost £450 for a new replacement or £350 for used. I picked this one up for £150 and therefore saved myself about £200. Worth it to save an intake manifold like this.
Superb I hate throwing parts away that can be repaired, splended work. How do you know the Aluminium will not dissipate the heat too fast, was the pre heating done with a MAP gas torch?
Thanks. I got this part cheap so saved myself a couple hundred. I just used a butane torch just to get a little bit of warmth in it and remove moisture before I start welding. My welder is only 160amps so it helped with initial welds.
@@Smffab Great I am tempted to try it. I want to repair the aliminium on my motorcycle engine but I have an arc welder so I need a TIG welder and argon gas so I would be better to get someone to do the repair for me. I know aluminium loses heat far faster than other metals and the window to fuse the parent metal and filler metal is narrow.
I liked that hawk tuah you did there too
😂😂😂
Super! That was a TIG welding?
Yes it was!
Very nice video and details information about the situation....👍
Glad you liked it, thanks
Beautiful TIG work; you are a true artist. I just wonder if the cost, in terms of your labor, was worth not just replacing it with a used, reman, or even new manifold.
Thanks. Definitely worth fixing in my opinion.
Nice logical process. Quality repair
Glad you liked it! Thanks
You are very skilled! 👌
I try, thanks
2:46 i would probably send this to the engineer shop to skim it flat. You definitely can't tell if the surface is flat with a ruler. 😂
Yes but then I wouldn’t have done it all myself. I check my linisher is flat with a straight edge.
that is some fine repair work.
Thank you
isto ai que eu chamo de proficional. serviço perfeito.
Thank you
I seen this father son mechanic down here the road from me other year everyday they would pick apples on the side of the road. I would always wonder what they done with a them apples that they were picking every day. So I seened them at the mechanic store and asked em.
😂 interesting…
AWESOME damn work you do!
Thanks, appreciate it.
Magnesium mix...is it pure aluminum?
Yes, it is.
U R a pro sir, well done, top job..!!
Thanks a lot!
Wow that's amazing,,,,,,,outstanding work
Many thanks
Very nice repair and attention to detail.👍
Thanks 👍