Welding Tips and Tricks

Hi!
So this is my first ever repair/build up job and i'm also pretty new at tig welding..
The piece is probably not even cold as i write this im so exited about posting something :p

I should have taken my time to clean it better but i'm kind of happy with the end result..

I'll try to get the pictures in order next time :p

any time it works is time
to be happy
craig

Nice repair. I bet that saved some money.

Looks like mercedes used to use some decent alloy in their pump housings, for the amount of cleaning you didnt do and the age of the pump theres not a lot of crap come out in the welds.
Good outcome.

Thank you guys!
you are right about the housing beeing old it's a -78 mercedes:)
and if i remeber correctly the owner said it's a ~380USD part..

Came out good - nice repair

Looks good man ! Some cast welds nicely and some not. Don't be surprised when you go to weld some other cast and it
just wants to become a bloddy mess . Congrats on the nice repair !

Well done Jock, that looks like a solid repair.


Kym

Thank you! It is really nice to get all of this feedback..

I have a 19" aluminum rim with a crack in it coming up..
it's been welded once before with a aluminumstick and it also needs a lot of pre-weld work..
Let's see how that goes

Nice job on the water pump - but please leave the wheel rim alone ! that's got bad news written all over it - unless it's used on a " res ride " at very low speeds & even then I'd not do it especially as someone has already botched it - legal implications for this outweigh any possible reason or price to attempt it.

noddybrian wrote:Nice job on the water pump - but please leave the wheel rim alone ! that's got bad news written all over it - unless it's used on a " res ride " at very low speeds & even then I'd not do it especially as someone has already botched it - legal implications for this outweigh any possible reason or price to attempt it.

Good advice. Pick your battles wisely. Let someone else get sued.

Yes you are right ! I did not even think about that...

It's my own rim and i'm going to try it out to see how it goes:) it's a beat up old thing and i want to try and weld something that needs preheat..


But thank you for the advice!!

ex framie wrote:Looks like mercedes used to use some decent alloy in their pump housings, for the amount of cleaning you didnt do and the age of the pump theres not a lot of crap come out in the welds.
Good outcome.

EXACTLY! Perfectly said! I would have expected to see the oil boiling out! Maybe the part is relatively new?
Gary

EXACTLY! Perfectly said! I would have expected to see the oil boiling out! Maybe the part is relatively new?
Gary[/quote]


It's a -78 original part:)


Owner called me after he put the part in.. He was really satisfied with fitment and there was no leakage:)