While I was telling myself I was saving money by removing and replacing my tractor's steering cylinder, I managed to make a tiny hole in the engine's front cover. It's in a location where you pretty much have to split the tractor to remove and replace it, and getting a TIG torch and filler in there is not possible. I might be able to get a spool gun in there if I had one.
The cover is cast aluminum, and I can only clean the outer part and the broken edges of the hole. Is there any hope a spool gun will close a hole in this material about 1/2" long by 1/8" wide? I have never used one.
- Chips O'Toole
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Hi mate, I never spruik the use of araldite or metal glue but this is the realm in which these shine.
Put some in hole get some wire and bend a little so you can use it to spread it around the hole on the inside, just a little to create a lip so it not just a plug, then put a little more in to fix hole when you remove wire. Either one works fine. As long as heat and pressure not extreme.
Put some in hole get some wire and bend a little so you can use it to spread it around the hole on the inside, just a little to create a lip so it not just a plug, then put a little more in to fix hole when you remove wire. Either one works fine. As long as heat and pressure not extreme.
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Thanks. I am planning to cram some Steelstik in it.
I was socially distant before it was cool.