Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 06:44:11 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: JB Weld question
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Yo Steve! Long time no look! How are the apples this year?? :-D
Regards your lLand Rover .. The combustion gases right where they leave
the head to enter the manifold are around 1600 degrees F. Leaving the
manifold the gases aren't much cooler. Probably anything you mix or can
squeeze from a tube and apply as a patch is going to burn off in short
order. Best bet is to find some one with a mig/tig welder and get them
to weld it. If the material containing a the crack is cast iron welding
might be problematic, but a good welder can probably deal with it.
Best regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Chelsea, AL
Stephen Overmyer wrote:
>Apologies for the lack of direct VW content here but since JB Weld is
>mentioned regularly here on the list I believe some of you users are the
>best volk to ask...
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>Q : Is JB Weld able to handle the temperatures of an exhaust manifold?
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>JB Weld is not commonly available here in Oz but I have occasionally
>seen it and will chase it up if it is likely to be able to do the job I
>require.
>BTW, this is not for any manifold on a Volkswagen but for my old Land
>Rover where I would like to effect a short to medium term patch or
>repair on a small crack in the manifold where it meets and bolts to the
>flanged connection on the remainder of the exhaust system.
>The crack is not large at approx 1.5" or 38mm long and could be
>dremmelled out and filled if JB Weld was indeed a suitable product to
>use. Just enough exhaust gas escapes at present to create some
>backfiring on deceleration. Muffler putty would of course be useless...
>
>I do have a spare manifold but removal of the existing one is not an
>option at this time as the vehicle is on a relatively remote property
>and I have no intention of tackling the old manifold studs and bolts
>while in this location. I always keep in mind the old maxim, "The
>probability of an event occurring is in inverse ration to it's
>desirability"...so in short, I aint risking it ;-)
>
>Just to add a little T3 content...I drove my waterboxer this week for
>the first time in over 5 weeks as I have been away down at my property
>in the Double Cab, leaving the WBX in the garage at home. She fired up
>immediately with only the briefest of lifter clatter before settling
>down to idle quietly....But what I really wanted to mention however was
>how pleasant it was to get back in the van again. They really are a
>pleasure to drive and some time away from the T3 really has made me
>appreciate them all over again...especially with the new Wolf console
>between the front seats that arrived from Terry K not long before
>Xmas...:-)
>
>
>Cheers,
>Steve O
>NSW Australia
>'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
>'00 Transporter Double Cab
>'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
>'78 Land Rover 109 Series 3 Soft top ute (ex-Aust Army)
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