Hi Toby,
(still slling shirts?gg)
I think the stuff I got is probably the same as your JB Weld.
So often products are mentioned on this list by their American names
rather than by what the products actually are. One just has to guess
at the UK equivalent!
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From "Toby Atwater" <tob.sprite.landcruiser at home.com>
To: "Guy Weller" <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>; "Spridgets"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 10 July 2001 12:05
Subject: RE: Repairing a cracked exhaust manifold
> Got on this "thread" late... but, Someone used JB weld on an exhuast
> manifold and I was shocked when I heard of it. My dad's F-150
exhuast
> manifold had a wide crack after a botched head gasket replacement
job. I
> dunno how it cracked, I just took it off... set it on the ground...
put it
> back in, and bammo massive crack. Anyway I applied several coats of
JB weld
> to fill the crack and left it raw on the outside. It was near an
opening so
> I mannaged to get some tape on the back side while pressing the JB
weld into
> the crack. The tape came flying out the exhuast pipe when we started
her up
> and warmed her up... no exhuast leak... that was about a year ago...
no
> probs since. Who knows how long it will last.
>
> Good luck
>
> Toby
>
>
> Thanks Rob,
> Had the usual happy hour at the breakers but couldn't find anything
> right. Various forms from minis, metros, 1100 and minors would all
> fit the block, but the length and position of the exhaust pipe end
> dosn't match to my exhaust fitting.
>
> I then decided to use a high temp. resin "steel in a tube" stuff
that
> I have and so far it seems to have worked. Not sure how long it
will
> last when I start hitting 6000 rpm though!
>
> Guy
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