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bpineo
Member
Username: bpineo
Post Number: 21
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 08:17 pm: | 
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Does anyone know where I could get a kingfisher aluminum crankcase front half? I am prepping one for my canoe, and found small fractures around the crank drain plug hole. Any leads or advice for repair with old aluminum would be very helpful. |
mechman
Member
Username: mechman
Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 05:46 pm: |
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Goodday. Most welding shops have TIG welding machines (Tungston inert gas) It should be a relatiively easy repair. --Good luck Larry H. |
miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 689
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 11:08 pm: |
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Since it doesn't sound to be a structural flaw, you could probably get away with good ol' JB WELD . I know it stands up to heat well, and is routinely used for repairs on crankcases.
You'll need to make sure the repair area is very clean.
Any kind of welding will put enough heat into that casting to potentially cause distortion.
If you go the welding route, take goods measurements of flatness of the mating surfaces before you do it so you'll have a reference.
miro |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1627
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 01, 2013 - 11:47 am: |
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I vote for JB Weld as well
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