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RE: Jb weld

To: <seamus@iwaynet.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Jb weld
From: <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:07:49 -0500
Jim & Nadia Higgins [mailto:seamus@iwaynet.net] wrote:
> 
> Instead of messing with the JB Weld, I would suggest using threaded rod or,
> if you want a harder grade, adding threads  to a long bolt so that it
> bottoms in the hole.  You could then cut the bolt off and grind it flush to
> have a better base to tap into.

This probably wouldn't work very well with a Lotus aluminum head with the 
integral 
cast intake "manifolds" (runners, etc.).  The only two reasonable options would
be to make an adapter plate, of weld and redrill for new holes.  In my 
experience,
I wouldn't count on the JB Weld...

Tim Mullen

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