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| Ted in NE-OH
08-12-2012 19:27:22
98.20.254.192
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The carb on my Allis B has a hairline crack on the inlet and seeps gas. What is the metal? Can it be welded or brazed? I hate to toss an otherwise good carb.
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| shawnspeed3
08-18-2012 06:30:43
75.198.70.75
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| [quote="Ted in NE-OH"](reply to post at 19:27:22 08/12/12) [/quote
I would probably silver solder it, plumbing solder would probably work as well...after all it works on sweated gas tank fittings....and it wont be effected by any of the gas blends like an epoxy may....Shawn
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| sotxbill
08-13-2012 18:15:40
76.183.20.17
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| | jb weld will only work if it is clean and clean and clean. then you have to clean it some more. did I say clean?? then it will out last the tractor, but only if you clean it perfectly, get everything off, all six sides...
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| soundguy
08-13-2012 11:15:17
107.41.81.162
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| you might be able to solder with an alloy rod.. but I've repaired many liek that with a crack at the inlet with epoxy. celan well.. allow to cure.. works fine.
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| Ted in NE-OH
08-13-2012 08:00:11
98.20.254.192
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| Thanks fellows for the help.
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| JoeBlackeby
08-13-2012 05:06:44
173.61.157.123
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| JB Weld works, let it dry good, and paint it. Good luck!
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| Stephen Newell
08-13-2012 03:14:12
66.53.82.87
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| If your not worried about it breaking worse I would just coat the crack with Red Coat fuel tank liner.
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| kris Jensen
08-13-2012 00:51:01
70.67.18.208
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| I have a Farmall carb that has been brazed and with some patience with a file and some black paint you would not know it had been repaired. does not leak either. I have also had very good luck usimg JB weld. Let it cure for a couple of days and file gently. Again, a light coat of black paint and it would look like new/
blessings
Kris
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| Stick welding
08-12-2012 22:42:51
96.53.210.246
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| It could probably be welded or brazed but it's very tricky to do. I'd clean it really good, maybe file a slight V in the crack and use some epoxy like JB weld or Devcon and let it thoroughly dry over night.
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| Dusty MI
08-13-2012 05:14:11
76.247.159.252
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Stick welding, 08-12-2012 22:42:51
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| In 1997 I bought an Allis Chalmers G. It has an aluminum or pot metal carb on it, with a hole in the side of it. It looks like someone tried to warm it up with a cutting torch and burned a hole in it.
I patched it with some epoxy. That held until a couple of years ago. I don't know if is all the longer one could expect epoxy to last or if the newer blend of gas got to it.
Dusty
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| 504
08-12-2012 19:36:07
64.111.61.44
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Re: Welding a Carburetor? in reply to Ted in NE-OH, 08-12-2012 19:27:22
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| Use a gas tank repair kit from the auto parts store. Clean and sand the area then wrap a single thread of fiber from the kit around the brass fitting(like thread tape) that goes in the carb(over tightening it cracked the carb)(don t ask how I know)mix the two part and coat everything and install the fitting, just make sure it is pointing the right direction if an angle, coat the outside of the crack and the threads too. I fixed a carb five years ago and it has never leaked.
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