I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’. All in all, a very nice job.
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Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case. I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
@@Smffab I could have used you 12 or so years ago when I cut one of the fuel rail mounting points on an RBC while trying to "shave" the excess stuff on it lol... the mistakes we make.
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
I used mix and fix at 15years ago my turbo car aluminium engine head cover broken 15cm. And i uesd Mix & Fix into the inner side and out side of head cover. And never happened any trouble untile scrap a vehicle during the 6years.. When the car scrap i serching to trouble at headcover inner side. But the welding joint was strong and clean. i didn't know or use welding machine. Inner side mix & fix situation was so so good.
Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world). Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
Ive been a certified welder for almost 50 years and always found prep on aluminum is key. Clean material and preheat. Nice job
Totally agree, and thank you for watching and commenting.
I'm from UK 🇬🇧...And need welding on Cast aluminium part in my engine...
Will a Tig welder do the job?...
@@mikefranky More a person who has experience welding aluminum with a Tig welder. And a decent brand AC/DC machine at that.
@@patrickvanden8322....Cheers Patrick 👍
A man who knows and knows he knows...he is a a man to know.
Excellent work. UK.
Well said 🇬🇧👍🏼
I’m not an experienced welder but I must say, the way in which you grind out all the voids is the same technique as when welding high pressure pipe. Your attention to detail is inspiringly impressive.
Thanks, appreciate that. Wanted to ensure it was as strong as possible. It’s going on my 450bhp AWD Honda Civic.
I used to run a mobile welding shop in the carribbean for 11 years. Had a call one day to water island. Had to take a people ferry over and walk tue equipment to the job. The lady had a cracked engine block on a little suv. The bolt bosses were ripped off. I didn't have a portable AC tig just DC tig. I offered aluminum welding rods but refused to back the work. I promised to do my best but assured her it probably wouldn't work. I ordered in a huge box of rods and welded the block up. The ground with a 4inch grinder and made it mostly flat on the 3 pads. Drilled amd tapped, but only with 5/16 grade 8 bolts as per the client. That car lasted another 6 years without issues. I still don't know how it held. She paid me well and fed me. Said it was cheaper than a replacement by far. Happy customer happy life..
Nice job 👍🏼
Thats great, and they have lower peak pressures/temps vs performance/modified vehicles so they can get away with a lot more. Just means you did really solid work.
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@tireballastserviceofflorid7771
hey man im thinking of moving to the carribbean and doing a mobile welding shop as well
what was your experience like and would you recommend it?
I am this women😊
In many of you haven’t noticed, one of the preparations was to die grind with the carbide burr all of the broken surface down to ‘new metal’. Even after tig welding the top, he opened up the gasket surface to ‘new metal’.
All in all, a very nice job.
In case, sorry.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Not gunna lie, the end result was better than new. Hats off!!
Thanks 🙏
How can anyone actually believe that
Guys, HERE is our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE
Ancient Semitic of Moshe (Moses)
Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.”
Isaiah 43:11
“I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.”
Isaiah 45:5
“I am YaH, and there is none else.”
@@PeterParker-df6ce because the hole bigger and can move air with less restriction.
It's always brilliant when you see a professional working. This guy is an artist. Well done. Simply awesome. 🇬🇧
Thanks mate, appreciate it.
You just got grounds inside manifold its ruined ...great job genius
Yep totally ruined. I didn’t even wash it and blow it out before fitting either, so my engine is ruined too.
This technique could save a lot of money for anyone working with aluminum parts. Well done!
Thanks, it saved me about £200 minus my time, and welding gas.
Great work better than new, it's really enjoyable watching somebody at the top of their game doing work like this. These skills are dying out.
thanks, thats very kind.
I think it is awesome that someone decides to fix it, instead of just chucking it in the bin. With a lot of expertise to boot.
Thanks. Saved me a few quid as these are not cheap to buy.
The issue is finding someone that KNOWS how to do this in your city or have to ship it out states away
Thank you for repairing this manifold, great job, keep it up
Anytime
Wow, that turned out great. Tons of ways that one could have gone south in a hurry.
Thanks. 🙏
Really good fix, done professionally and carefully, it will probably work great in this case.
I know from experience that there can be major factory imperfections in these castings as well as the inlet ports to the cylinders - big bits of steel just sticking up and messing up the airflow. But you can't really fix it without removing the cylinder head at a minimum, even the smallest chip is likely to stay in the cylinder and wear away at the engine.
Thanks
This guys doing is sick . It's apiece of art for him
Thank you. Very kind. Thanks for watching.
FFS that’s a repair I would be 100% satisfied with. Very nice work!
Thanks, appreciate it.
The difference between a professional and the others....fantastic job!
Thanks, much appreciated. 👍🏼
Most people rely on JB weld too much, don't get me wrong though as JB weld is good but for jobs like this no, you are better off taking the time to do it right, great work 👍
Yes I certainly think so too, thanks
This is craftmanship art at its finest. This guy is worth every penny.
Thank you, very kind of you.
Top quality repair very professional 👍👍
Thanks 🙏
That reminds me , I need a check up at the dentist 😫 .
😂😂😂
廃盤や中古が手に入らなくなった、もしくは希少性が高く高級になってしまった車には非常に魅力的で欲しい技術です。
こういった補修技術を持っている職人さんは素晴らしいと思います👍
Thanks, and thanks for watching.
Probably could have got a used manifold for cheaper. But what if that was an antique or your nowhere near a good source of junk vehicles. The fact that you can make a repair like that is nice. Wish I had his skills
These manifolds are quite expensive used, I saved about £200 doing this and made a video about how to do it. Appreciate your comment, and thanks for watching.
Great work saving the RBC! It looked very nice in the end.
Thanks, definitely worth saving
@@Smffab I could have used you 12 or so years ago when I cut one of the fuel rail mounting points on an RBC while trying to "shave" the excess stuff on it lol... the mistakes we make.
Great video! once you started grinding the broken piece and manifold I was thinking to myself how are they going to make sure the bolt hole is in the right place?? Then you bolted it down before welding to make sure it's in correct placement. I also liked how you used the gasket to ensure the port was sized correctly, Good thinking!
Thank you! I keep a scrap cylinder head for for things like this and mocking up turbo manifolds too 👍🏼
five minutes and 22 seconds well spent on this incredible video!!!
Thanks very much, glad you liked the video.
I've never welded aluminium so I haven't a clue, but that looked like a lot of material taken off for the weld bead. Great job, looks like new.
Yes youre right a little bit more than I would have liked but it’s not a problem. I could have used a smaller carbide burr tool but didn’t have one. Thanks.
There are some magicians out there. I weld like shit to be perfectly honest. In the 90s I had my local welder (back when you had a local welder!) repair a broken chrome trim piece for the nose of my '70 Buick's hood. He mostly did industrial and fleet heavy duty welding. He just had the trim I didn't leave the car. He brazed it. When I got it back in a few days, the repair was almost visually perfect and the damn thing did fit perfectly. He polished it so the repair looked much like chrome. I used it as-is for a couple of years while I found an undamaged one which were hen's teeth back then, I can't imagine it now. That guy might even be dead now, he retired in the early 2000s. An artist. I suppose he found my job challenging and interesting as a nice change of pace so he really went above and beyond. Cost? 50 bucks. Of course, me and 50 bucks were not well acquainted back then LOL.
That’s cool man, interesting to hear about the hood trim repair.
Looks great, nicely done 👍🏻
Thanks
I thought he was about to reuse the aluminium shavings
😂
I came here in equal measure to admire the artestry and to enjoy the Einsteinian levels of knowledge in the comments. Both were found to be present 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, what skill. Pleasure watching this!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent work
Many thanks
A very nice finishing job. Keep up the good job😊
Thanks, appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching.
Wahnsinn! Wirklich beeindruckende Reparatur.
Awesome repair. Real joy to have proper Tools and skills!🤠👍
Thank you, and thanks for watching
Nice! Also the cast aluminium seemed pretty clean, normally, you need to smelt with TIG to let dirt out prior to welding it😊
Thanks. It was very clean, Honda parts are good quality thankfully.
درود سپاس. من هم تراشکار ماهر وهم جوشکاری انواع فلزات هستم. وکارتون عالی وبی نقص هست
Thanks, both very good skills to have. Thanks for watching.
Exelente trabajo! Esa es la forma correcta!!!!!!!! Bravo saludos cordiales desde argentina
Thanks bro, appreciate it
Once I saw the ports getting feathered in, I knew it was going to be a job well done.
Thanks
Sir, you are an Artist. very nice work.
Thank you very much!
Very nice craftsmanship!
Thank you. And thanks for watching and commenting.
Used manifold $100, welding job: $200
This manifold cost me £100 and they are worth £350. Welding job was free to me as this manifold is going on my own car.
Would you say about $200 for a repair like this?
How much would you charge for a customer?
@arsalan101 being that you could pay $2,000 for a port job.. that could easily be $500 with a blend and resurface.
*We'd get $350 min for that but we'd mill the mating surface flat after we opened up the ports.*
That is immaculate. Well done!
Skillful repair, a joy to watch
Glad you liked it
Great job. You've got some skills!
Thank you very much!
Nice Job, greetings from South America, Santiago de Chile.
Hi 👋 and welcome to the channel, thanks.
AWESOME damn work you do!
Thanks, appreciate it.
It's a great repair. After that, you should have each runner flow tested and cc'd to make sure each runner matches, or it could cause problems in performance.
Thanks. It would be interesting to see what it flows.
Great work...
Great video.
Really appreciate the skill.
Glad you liked it!
Wow fixed it better than new
Thanks
Good job , those R tech welders are awesome I have the 170 digital, stay lucky, stay safe!😉
Thanks mate. They are great value for money, I’ve never had a problem with mine, and I’ve managed to do all kinds of jobs.
Beautiful, restored and enhanced
Thank you very much!
that is some fine repair work.
Thank you
I like how a flat head screw was used to perfectly center the piece.
Thanks. Yes, The counter sink bolt helped perfectly align the piece as you say.
@@Smffab That was good thinking on your part!!
Fabulous Work! Great Hands! True Craftsmen...
Thank you very much!
You are very skilled! 👌
I try, thanks
Nice logical process. Quality repair
Glad you liked it! Thanks
Top job !
Thanks!
J.B. Weld.
It worked on my David Bradley walk behind. Lasted years! until I sold it to a fellow out of D.C.
Awesome, I’ve never tried it
Wow that's amazing,,,,,,,outstanding work
Many thanks
Incredible job.
Thanks 🙏 appreciate it
It's not about the cost it's the personal satisfaction of knowing you can repair it yourself
Exactly 👍🏼
Methodical approach, nice outcome…
Very kind, thanks
Hello, it's exceptionally good.
Hey, thanks!
U R a pro sir, well done, top job..!!
Thanks a lot!
2:46 i would probably send this to the engineer shop to skim it flat. You definitely can't tell if the surface is flat with a ruler. 😂
Yes but then I wouldn’t have done it all myself. I check my linisher is flat with a straight edge.
Great job! 👍👍😁 Very well done!
Thank you very much!
Nice job mate!!
Thanks!
AWESOME job. I need to bring my transfercase support to you to fix...lol MOPAR 4 EVER.
I used mix and fix at 15years ago my turbo car aluminium engine head cover broken 15cm. And i uesd Mix & Fix into the inner side and out side of head cover. And never happened any trouble untile scrap a vehicle during the 6years.. When the car scrap i serching to trouble at headcover inner side. But the welding joint was strong and clean. i didn't know or use welding machine. Inner side mix & fix situation was so so good.
Great video, I wish it had some voice over like what you think a good pre-heat temp should be or what kind of filler rods work best in your opinion. Belt sanding the mating surface flat works with something like this because there is no real pressure and small warping of a few thousands does not really matter. I wouldn’t attempt that without a proper face mill on a block or head though, the ruler won’t show the very slight defects that just cause leaks almost immediately.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate the comments and thanks for watching. The belt sander is never going to be as good as something being machines but I checking my belt sander table it flat and I also check the part is flat with a square. The surface I get it actually really quite good, and once the gasket is on and everything tightened down to the correct torque, I don’t have any leaks and it’s running about 12-14 PSI boost pressure with no problems
9/10. The only thing I would add would be a thermal cycle before the grinding.
Thanks, appreciate the he feedback
top job i can not make it better.. greating from germany......
Hi 👋, thanks for watching!
Question: I have a broken casting on my sewing machine... Can I Hard solder that with aluminum Rods? I appreciate any input. Cant find anything about sewing machines castings to be repaired, other than gluing.( Which I do not prefer) The sewing Machine on the other hand is totally fine, just needed a cleaning service. I got it for free, and its a nice one too. I guess the Lady had an accident where it fell to the ground and hit one Corner, unfortunately..
I’ve never tried soldering with aluminium rods, there are some impressive products on the market that look as tho they work well but I have no experience with that’s just tig welding and mig welding. Anything can be repaired so it’s worth a try for sure.
2:47 now there’s a good example of carefully using tools in an expert hand to achieve great results.A linisher making good a mating surface. May not replace a fly cutter, but would definitely clean up a surface.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. Would be nice to have a milling machine in the shop. The linisher is good enough for now.
@@Smffab Yes I never thought of it. I have a belt sander I can use for smaller jobs.
Quite enjoyable to watch this, you've got skilzzz
Thanks
nice professional job 👍
Thanks 👍
I liked that hawk tuah you did there too
😂😂😂
Nice job. Impressive.👍
Thank you 🙏
Great work!
Thanks!
Lovely repair! Well done mate!
Thanks 🙏
Great work !!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot!
That is nice work!
Thanks!
isto ai que eu chamo de proficional. serviço perfeito.
Thank you
Excelent job!
Thank you
Yes very nicely done cheers
Thank you kindly
Very nice video and details information about the situation....👍
Glad you liked it, thanks
Beau travail ⚒ 👍
Thank you
Goood job ! 👍😉 from a fellow fab/ welder 👍
Thanks 👍
Amazing job.
Thanks!
Buddy, you are THE BEST! WOW! 😲👍🏼
You are the best
Very well done.
Question is, how did it break? Dropped on the floor?!?!
Thanks. It wasn’t dropped or damaged like that. They can break when they are installed with a thermal gasket and not a OEM gasket. The thermal gasket is used to try reduce heat transfer from cylinder head to manifold and therefore have cooler intake temps, but the thermal gaskets have a lot more “give” in them as they are thicker than OEM. This means manifold flanges aren’t properly supported or if not all torqued up correctly can lead to flanges cracking and breaking. You see it on these manifold and more commonly the aftermarket intakes.
Great job!!
Thanks!
great job !
Thanks. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Skills mate 🎉👍🏻
Thanks 🙏
I wonder if the reduced strength of welded aluminum which is roughly 1/2 also effects its durability under high temperatures & fatigue. Solid job regardless
Thanks, yeah I wonder. But It’s been on my 400bhp AWD civic for a couple of months now and still going strong!
Мастер!
Thank you
excelente trabajo saludos
Thanks
Very nice job Sir.
Thank you
Great video thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Apparently, some of the aluminium van engines (eg vw and others), their heads can develop cracks around the injectors esp if they are not common rail injection systems (so each injector generates its pressure and creates a hammering action where they are seated on the head creating metal hardening / cracking). I've seen someone add shims around them . Are those kind of cracks something that can be welded ? I've always heard that aluminium welding is much tougher to do (from the cycle frame world).
Cheers and thanks for the video, very impressive.
Thanks for watching!