Re: Re:OT JB weld the cheapass way

["Marie Laugesen" <scirocco@telus.net>]

Just for the record...

JB Weld is also holding my favorite pair of combat boots together too!  I
just can't bear to part with 'em... they've brought me luck every time I've
gone parts-hunting =]

Marie

>High tech bubble gum indeed!
>
>I've used JB Weld very successfully...in the right
>applications.  Here's one:  when replacing the water
>neck at the end of the head, which was chronically
>leaky.  Coolant had pitted the head pretty severely at
>the gasket surface.  I wire-brushed the pits clean,
>filled them with JB Weld (actually JB Quick, the
>5-minute stuff), sanded flat, and reassembled.
>Presto! no more leak, ever.  Have done this trick at
>least ten times, including one small block Chevy
>intake, successful every time.  This is an old trick
>actually, but one I've adopted as a pet.
>
>It won't seal a radiator though.  Nor an FI gas tank.
>Leastaways not for very long.
>
>Cheapass Ron
>
>
>--- Ryan McCarthy <scirocco777@juno.com> wrote:
>> Well, if you read the package, you could pretty much
>> build the whole car
>> out of it and it would never break. I can't believe
>> they use what a
>> farmer did as a selling point. I've worked on farms
>> and have seen
>> standard farm repairs. It's just hi tech bubble gum
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Ryan
>> '82 Scirocco GL
>> '90 Jetta Carat Wolfsburg
>> Torrington, CT
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:05:10 -0000 "Vee Dubb"
>> <scirious@hotmail.com>
>> writes:
>> > Hey, what's the big deal?  Can't you just JB-weld
>> the crossmember
>> > back
>> > together?
>> >
>> > Not-quite-sincerely;
>> >
>> > Brian Haygood
>> >
>> >
>>
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>> Ryan
>> '82 Scirocco GL
>> '90 Jetta Carat Wolfsburg
>> Torrington, CT
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