Originally posted by elraido:
Originally posted by Ray:
Welding aluminum isn't the easiest thing to do, nor the most common kind of welding tech to find. I tried it.. hairline crack in the oilpan, one drip ever 5 minutes or so.. welded it and it leaked steadil afterwards..
3L escape and 2.5 both use the same updated (baffled) oilpan
120.xx from Bill Jenkins.
I know of like 3 places off the top of my head that does aluminum welding. Guess that is one advantage of living in northern MN...so many boats/pontoons that need to be fixed, aluminium welding is common place.
Gotta agree with ya there. I can think of at least 4-5 in our town of 5000, not to mention they taught us that in shop class in HS. I still say JB Weld, I checked the pan yesterday and its bone dry, guess the dealership really did fix the seal right. And JB Weld costs like $5 at a store compared to whatever it would cost to weld it and I have had zero trouble with the crack for 2 years and 20k, and this is everything from driving in -30 in MN to now where its in 100+ in Orlando, FL.
95 LX-with a mind of its own
24v DOHC
SVT exhaust and K&N=all thats worth modding
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