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| Author: | montreal69 [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Aluminium welding ? |
Is it possible to weld the left engine cover. My waterpunp is leaking because of corrosion. A little piece is missing ( maybe 5mm by 5mm) in the left engine cover. I tryed to fix it with liquid metall with no sucess  Many many hours spend last year for nothing. Also my watercooler is leaking at the intake. What can i do ? I am almost giving up this projekt ! To much work and money for the minutes of fun.  I hope the forum members can help me again  thanks |
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| Author: | higgy [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Someone skilled with a mig could do it. May require remachining in the end. There are also epoxy/metal combos can fix a lot of issues |
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| Author: | montreal69 [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Hello Higgy, I tried these epoxy metall mix (liquid metall) already. No sucess. Do you think it is possible with mig. I always thougt that you need to know the exact aluminium mix from the part you want to weld. What about soldering ? Also for the radiator. Any expierience ? |
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| Author: | higgy [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
if you are talking about alumalloy products forget them, better to find a talented mig guy a lot more durable and comparable cost |
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| Author: | englishstiv [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Germany = Beer...............Yes ? This may help your search? Then in that case found yourself a local brewery and then found out who repairs their aluminium barrels. I do not joke as I have found this to be the easiest and cheapest source of locating a good welder proficient in aluminium welding. I have had two Ducati engines repaired by the same such people before I invested in my own mig welder..................although to be honest I have never matched their qulity of work. In the UK most suppliers dedicated in replacement vehicle Raditors are also repairers of the same, I am sure that you have the same engineers locally in Germany also there have been several on ebay europe recently that did not sell and they were very reasonably priced. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DUCATI-906-PA ... 415f446a90 Also last week in the UK there was a whole new caseing available for an 851 which I believe is the same as the 907ie and this went unsold so may be relisted again as it is a free for insertions in the UK this weekend. |
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| Author: | Duc906 [ Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Montreal I've had 25+ years welding experience. The engine cases can be easily welded using a TIG welder and 4043 aluminum filler wire. Your best bet would be to find a reputable shop that specializes in repairing aluminum cylinder heads, they should be able to fix the radiator as well. You should also look into why it has corroded out. If you're having this sort of issue it could be because you're not using the correct coolant, you need one that is suitable for alloy. |
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| Author: | montreal69 [ Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Good morning everybody. Very good informations. The corrosion came because of a 10 year standing time in a garage with no movement. I had several more problems with that. Iam now using the red fluid ct12+ which must be O.K. for all kind of alloy engines. Solving the problem with beer is also a very goog idea. Beer for me and a good welder for the 907. I will try to find a welder and hope he can also do the radiator too. The alloy is very thin and hard to weld. A friend of mine is working in the food industrie and maybe he can do a tig welding . I have to ask. As I remember now there is a porsche restorer in my hometown he should also know how to do this. Thanks again 
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| Author: | higgy [ Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
TIG would be better for thin stuff
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| Author: | duc907 [ Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
there is a product here in the states called Alumiweld, it worked better then I expected.http://www.alumiweld.com/ |
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| Author: | englishstiv [ Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
| Author: | oceanhunter [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Don't give up,aluminium and it's alloy's very easy to repair and make like new just need to find the right person with tig,would do it for you for free you need to move to nz though 
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| Author: | JoKing [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
Hi Montreal, where are you located? Here in Kiel we have http://www.mmkiel.de/. They are VERY good & they welded my rear swingarm. They are indeed Ducati specialists as well... |
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| Author: | higgy [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
I would not use any aluminium solder product on a bike anywhere near any exhaust part or any other critical part.
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| Author: | JWilliam [ Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminium welding ? |
| Author: | Mc tool [ Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:56 am ] |
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