[John Chamorro]

I have a very tight spot to weld a filler neck on an aluminum tank under the 90* elbow. There's about 3/8" between the pipe and the tank and a cup just won't fit in there. I'm thinking about trying 1/2-3/4" stick out and flooding the area with argon from another bottle. I already tried to carry the heat in there but just can't get enough heat to melt the filler and the tank without melting the filler neck. The tank is 1/8" and the filler probably .090 thick ,,, maybe less. Any ideas? Suggestions? The tank is new material and the filler neck is used/old but cleans up as new.

[AndersK]

Tried with a bent tungsten tip to get closer?

[MarkL]

I've used long necked nozzles like this for tight spaces.

[John Chamorro]

I'm cheating. I decided to cut the short necked filler off and replace it with another that's already welded to a 4" square and just weld the assy. down . It should be much simpler and cleaner.

[5th Street Fab]

I'm cheating. I decided to cut the short necked filler off and replace it with another that's already welded to a 4" square and just weld the assy. down . It should be much simpler and cleaner.

I've had that problem but I was lucky enough to get by with a #5 a long stick out and high cfh.

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[Arno]

If such hard to access jobs come by more often then perhaps something like these might be an option to invest in (watercooled probably to get the max amps):

http://www.ckworldwide.com/micro-torch.html



http://www.ckworldwide.com/180-amps-ck180.html



Bye, Arno.