Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:52:35 -0500
Reply-To: AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
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From: AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: recorded long term success of JB Weld
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To: Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD
89 Syncro GL
85 Westy Weekender
RE: I have a number of these posts collected into a couple of files if
anyone wants them.
*Could you please send "gathered files" either to site or to me directly at
word_aag@comcast.net as I need this
procedure done on my 1985 Vanagon.
Thanks for your help
Larry
Georgia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of JB
Weld
> IMHO, the JB Weld serves very little purpose when doing the "cheap fix".
> I've done several of these cheap fixes for folks & friends who were
hurting
> for funds and I have never bothered with the JB Weld part. Instead, I
made
> sure that all the pits were clean and then filled them completely with the
> head gasket sealer. As with the JB Weld fixes talked about on this list,
> these fixes have lasted for quite some time. As a matter of fact, I can't
> think of one that has failed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> www.vanagonparts.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Sam Walters
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting - recorded long term success of
> JB Weld
>
>
> If you search the archives for JB Weld in posts by Tim Smith and Doug
> Houg, you will find detailed descriptions of how to fix pitted heads
> with JB Weld and reports of people having WBX engines that are still
> going strong after as much as 8 years, and / or 30k, 50k and 60k miles
> since the application of the product.
>
> I have a number of these posts collected into a couple of files if
> anyone wants them. I think people should read this information and
> understand what some others have accomplished and recorded in the
> archives before dismissively calling it a "half assed" repair. A new
> set of Boston Bob heads might be better, but a repair that will work as
> well as what these guys have reported is also a worthwhile alternative.
> Some heads might be beyond repair by this method, or any method.
>
> --
> Sam Walters
> Baltimore, MD
>
> 89 Syncro GL
> 85 Westy Weekender
>
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