TIG Welding Aluminum Fabrication - Making a Custom Thermostat Housing/Water Neck
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The stock water neck puts the hose clamp in an awkward position that is very difficult to access, and it's made out of thin stamped steel. The previous person that worked on this truck over tightened it, which made it no longer flat.
The new water neck has a sturdy 3/8" thick flange for a better gasket seal, is taller and angled slightly more to the right. This allows for easy access to the hose clamp.
The previous person put the hose clamp on the stock water neck at an angle that made it inaccessible without removing the air conditioning compressor. I ended up breaking the hose clamp off with a flathead screwdriver and hammer, then installed a new hose clamp on the new neck. The radiator hose also needed to be shortened a few inches.
2001 V8 Dodge Ram
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Lots more aluminum fabrication videos here:
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and here:
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Thanks for watching,
Aaron@6061
Such a shame to hide something so nice down in a Chrysler product
Nice. My son just made new 3" aluminum intercooler tubes for the diesel - replacing the old 2.5" tubes. Now everything is 3" from turbo to intake manifold.
I need a better son, mine walks around shirtless all day telling me no. Kid can’t even wipe his own ass.
digital calipers should come with buttons for dividing by half. need a quarter? just do half twice.
Therapeutic to watch 👍👍
Beautiful fabrication. Sometimes the smaller fabrications are just as challenging and can be very rewarding when completed.
Quality fabrication videos without some dudes face constantly in the vid starting off with What's up everybody 😂
You're not wrong there
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That's awesome. I need two of those, but one at stock height for my jeep. Stock ones are a terrible design, surprised they ever sealed.
Брат если можеш показывай сварочную ванну через фильтр. Заранее спасибо. Удачи👍👍👍
Still 6061 alloy? Filler match or 4043? I guess engine coolant is more forgiving than seawater.
Not that all the other vids aren’t awesome but great camera work on this one.
Looks racy, good job👍
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fucking professional god damn
6061 on the calculator was a great touch 😂
I learn so much from these videos. I haven’t been able to figure out how to tig aluminum yet, but the little fabrication clips show tons of neat little tricks. Thanks
Yeah, those Dodge water necks are way too short. Sweet video💪🏆
...a thing of beauty! "Be simple. Be direct. Nothing fancy." --Stilgar
Beautiful work as always🎉
As always, beautiful work! I learn something from every one of your videos.
done right. 👍
As always, Niiiice!!!!! Also lovin the new question and answer vids. If you happen to need any questions for other videos, how to not get pinhole at the end of a weld.
"pinhole" or "crater"?
Craters are explained in detail on the website
I mean I’m sure that part was probably around 12$ for the original, and you made an upgrade for 800$.
For his pleasure, lets say. Good video. Great build!
so beautiful. im gonna steal some tips from this- i hope thats ok.
can you do this job for me on a thermostat housing? i need one made from the old one just like that one in the video
I could have used that 20 years ago.....
Wow that internal weld 👌🏻
0:58 What calculation do you do to take the exact center?
Que belleza,esto es arte y perfeccion
Amazing work and experience 👏 greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Love! Watching the craftsmanship! Well done as usual!
Use a constant tension hose clamp?
I've never seen a Vernier with fractions on before, to be honest I don't know if mine does because it's never used on imperial measurements just metric
Really nice work!
Bro, your work is so clean and I appreciate your setup. That table with the two routers is slick as shit!
As long as there is a full gasket with that flat shape everything should be fine. Awesome work.
beautifull mate !!
Is it sad that I knew what motor it was for before I made it to the end of the video? lol
Outstanding!
Nice,i liké it
Amazing once again did the weld foul the nuts at all or clear it ok👍🏻
Had to barely slice into the weld with a cutoff wheel to get the stock bolts to sit flat (the install was done off camera at a different location). Probably could've used narrow headed allen bolts and been ok.
I wish I could click "like" more than once
Excellent...
Great looking work. Thank you.
Loved the port and polish on the inside of the tube!
this man never disappoints with these awesome videos
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You make Tig welding look so easy
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what causes that black sooty shit on the weld? i've had a few things ive tried to weld just turn into a sooty mess and the welds were total shit.
@DontCallMeGarage,
What exactly were you trying to weld?
@@6061 ive had it do it on clean sheet, intercooler tubing and cast parts.... but it doesnt always do it.
Really nice work
Great work sir 👏 😊
Top Job, Sir👌
Masterpiece!
Nice job 💪👍
Awesome.
Sweet!
Nice
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