Welding Tips and Tricks

need to know if it is possible to weld nicks in a cast cyl head c 15 cat

I mean yeah it's possible man, but if* you're* asking, I don't know that I can recommend it. What kind of nicks are we talking about here?

Is this a beat up combustion chamber from a broken valve or something similar?

just a brief note .injector tip broke off nicked the fire ring surface. this head runs near 5 grand from cat we were hoping to save the boat anchor.the weld shop is afraid to take the job.

Not to speak too much but it seems as though it could be fixed, I've seen pictures of cat engine blocks fixed after they threw a leg out of bed. (Con rod out the side of the block) there are specialist repair companies that deal in cast iron repairs such as www.metalsurgery.com

Mick

thank you for the info.

Out of curiousity, is it a single turbo or an ACERT motor?

Google valve seat repair. Plus if its going to be scrapped why not have a go at fixing it. You might have a win. Or send it to Jody and pay him in beer to make a video of welding it up.

Mick

Mick,

He'd have to buy a lot of beer, and pay a lot of freight to ship out a head for a C15 cat, no matter the turbo configuration. It's 4ft long and probably 8-10 inches thick... C15's don't play haha. I'd hate to see how much freight would be to ship one of the C18 heads off one of the engines in the hydraulic cell at Jonathan's shop would cost.... yikes!!!!! Those make the C15's look tiny!!!!!

What, this little guy? It would only be a few bucks for shipping
-Jonathan

ill send some pics when we get the anchor back.