Re: RE: Aluminum Repair

From: Bill Day (billday@otecom.net)
Date: Mon Apr 04 2005 - 08:01:05 EDT


I borke a cast aluminum belt tensioner on my mother in-laws car when I was
18, took it to the local welding shop and he "tig" welded it for $15 bucks.
It worked for another 10 years before she traded the car off(v6 cheby
celebrity)

HTH,

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Calder" <jCalder3@cfl.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:49 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Aluminum Repair

>
> Well, I found this. http://www.aluminumrepair.com/ Any experience anyone?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of James Calder
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:38 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Aluminum Repair
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> Does anyone have any experience with cast aluminum repair? I'm parting
out
> my boat and broke a small corner off the gimbal housing. It's made out
off
> what looks like cast aluminum (Mercruiser I-R Sterndrive if anyone is
> familiar with it). Can a welder fix something like that or is cast
aluminum
> not repairable. I hate to throw it away, people sometimes get over 300
bux
> for these on ebay.
>
> Thanks,
> James
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