--- Bill Bennett <benettw@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Don't know if this will work or not for intakes
> never tried it, but
> there is a metallic epoxy called JB Weld that
> hardens like metal. I
> accidentally knocked a hole in a cast aluminum
> timing cover one time ,
> and it work great. 100,000 miles and 5 years
> later still there and not
> one leak. I have heard of people using this
> stuff to repair stripped
> threads. I know it can be drilled and tapped
> after it hardens. I just
> don't know if it could handle the heat in an
> intake manifold.
> BillB
> Yeah, it's great stuff, in addition to the
other repairs I've already talked about, the
intake on my 354 hemi has a couple of the carb
mountig stud hols drilled, filled, re-drilled and
tapped with JB Weld.
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..........Dick J.............
......(In East Texas)........
..........# 729..............
........Roadsters............
.Hemis and Flatheads Forever.
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