Pot metal repair of C2 intrument cluster?
There is a chunk of pot metal - about the size of your thumb - broken off of the bottom of my C2 instrument cluster. Fortunately it is on the bottom of the housing and to the right of the air vent pull so there is nothing fixed to it. No one notices but me and it drives me nuts. Is there anyway to attach the piece (it fits well) so that it makes the cluster "reasonably whole" again. Has anybody had a positve repair experience?
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My brother-in-law welds pot metal all the time. Door handles on model "A" , hood ornaments etc. It is not real common, but the rodders around your area should know of someone. He has more work than he cares to do. He makes a full time living on it. A lot comes from Calif. Dale -
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Dale-----
www.muggyweld.com has the rod you need. However, there's technique to using it.
Another good choice for an application like you describe is JB Weld. This allows for a NO HEAT repair and for something like the part you described should be at least 10 times stronger than it needs to be. Done carefully, no one will ever know it's been repaired. This would definitely be my choice for this kind of repair. Don't like the idea of using "glue"? They use epoxy adhesives on the space shuttle in applications where there's considerably more at risk.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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I agree with Joe, J-B weld is the way to go! I have done this type of repair with it and no-one could tell. TomComment
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I have also used J B Weld for repairing pot metal.
Regards,
DennisComment
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This is what I would use Metalset A4 by Smooth-On
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Can this be used to repair pits in pot metal before re-chroming?Comment
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Irby-----
I can't say, for sure, but I STRONGLY doubt it. I do not think that any sort of epoxy would lend itself to being electroplated. While it is possible to plate plastic parts, that is done with a different process on entirely plastic substrate material.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Mike McKenzie's favorite expoxy-Metal Set A-4 is a lot better than JB weld. Another good epoxy for pot metal is PC-7. In the red/black containers. Takes a long time to dry though. (Not as good as Metal Seat).
I used to use JB weld but found out it doesn't work as well as PC-7.
Give MM's epoxy a try and you will be amazed. Good for fixing eaten out fuel bowls also.
Readily available on line. JDComment
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John-----
I have no doubt that there exist better epoxies out there than JB Weld. However, for the sort of repair that was the subject of this thread, I think the JB Weld will be about 10 times stronger than it needs to be. Plus, it's readily available just about everywhere. So, for this sort of repair, I don't see what advantage another, and presumably better, epoxy would provideIn Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Joe, You are right. We all have our own favorites of epoxy. I probably have tried every one in the market.
One thing I did find out the hard way though Joe is that expoxies have a shelve life.
My old time favorite sealant was Fel-Pro Co bond. Sorta like 3M adhesive only better. But it was discontinued so old JD here bought several cases of it.
Well a lot of the tubes have bubbles in them and a lot of the tubes 'exploded". I was too dumb to know they had a shelve life. I managed to save some by wrapping them with duct tape. JohnComment
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