weilding

[James E]

I have a small Ford 1100 and need a rear end housing , mine is broke where the PTO bolts down inside , have had no luck finding , can this be wielded with a stick welder.

 

[Welding man]

I am not sure if the 1100 had a cast iron or cast aluminum housing. Either one would be iffy trying to weld it without total disassembly down to a bare casting-cleaning and preheat before welding. Have you tried these folks? They have more compact parts than anyone I know of.
west kentucky

 

[James E]

I will try them ,thanks

 

[Stephen Newell]

If it were me I wouldn't weld on it. If it's cast iron it's a crap shoot whether it can be welded or not. You could take two identical parts from the same manufacturer and one could weld fine and the other one would just burn up. You just wouldn't be able to know if the iron had too many impurities in the metal to nickel weld. Brazing would be a lot safer. It would work whether the metal was good or bad. Even then you need to find someone that knows what they are doing. The metal needs to be pre-heated and after the repair cooled very slow. If it's just laid out on a table to cool it might cool too fast and weaken the iron where it will break again. The iron should be cooled in an oven or sometimes it is buried in sand.

 

[SVcummins]

I just had a cast piece welded took the guy 3 nights
after work to weld it back together but it? worked.
pretty high stress part as well .

 

[grizz02]

man what did you hit , repair looks good might want to weld an X in the middle of that to take the stress off , like 2x4 x1/4 wall

 

[JMS/.MN]

My local welder wraps cast in fiberglas insulation. Been at it for over 50 years, he"s pushing mid 80s.

 

[Stephen Newell]

I would be afraid the glass would melt to it but the important thing is to keep the cast from cooling too fast.

 

[SVcummins]

grizz02 I had a ten foot wide category 3 hitch scraper hooked on the 3020 and hit a cement curb backing up . I didn?t know it was possible to break one of these but i guess it is I blame it on the hitch being so wide when the new used part gets here I will pull this one back off and maybe have the guy weld some reinforcement in place

 

[Russ from MN]

I was told once to pre-heat as best you can, weld, and the immerse/cover with floor-dry.