There is a hole in the parker hydraulic hose crimper I purchased
the tank is aluminum. what is the best way to go about patching the hole.
In my shop I have most equipment, tig welder, cnc lathe, mill, etc so give me your 2 cents so I can get my $50 hose crimper working
Thanks
-Matt

 

Duct tape.

Otherwise, remove it, clean it, tig it, clean it, reinstall, have a nice day.

 

the duct tape comment made my day.

Im lazy Im gonna try to clean it and tig weld it with it attached to the pump to bad it weighs 400lbs im gonna put it on a skid and lift it with the forklift to weld it at a reasonable height

 

How much pressure is in that thing?

 

It it thick enough to drill, tap it and close up with a custom plug if the welding idea doesn't pan out?

Yeah how much pressure? It's proly going to weld like **** since it's been saturated in oil.

 

Hasnt anybody suggested JBweld yet?

On a serious note though, yeah I'd go and have that tigged.

 

get a patch of metal and shape it to the cylinder then weld it on like a sort of bandaid

 

its a Parker Parkrimp 1 hydraulic hose crimper good till about 1.25" 2 wire hose, its a fluid resovoir it shouldnt be under pressure or all those pumps with plastic tanks would blow up like my 2 post lift with cheap plastic tank that sags and leaks. Greg Smith Equipment all the way Yet if it was under pressure I would be atleast 2000psi is my guess. Im thinking about the JB weld but I feel safer tigging it

I have a tiny piece of diamond plate Im thinking I will cut in to a square and patch over like someone said as a bandaid


Modified by Howitt at 2:32 AM 8/31/2006

 

Yeah, definitely welding a patch over the hole is the way to go.

 

I'm form a piece of plate into a curve, and make it at least 3x the size of the hole, like a 2"x4" piece, and TIG around it.

 

How about a double patch? Tig the break itself, and then put the patch over that. So it isn't leaking under the patch itself.

 

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my thoughts exactly, i was about to say that, but you beat me to it

 

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this was my idea as well!

 

you are listed as being in ohio and that is a "code" state. there are specific legal requirements for repairing pressure vessels.

depending on size and pressure, that probably qualifies. look under ASME CODE on the net.

the band-aid patch might not be a "Code" approved repair.

good luck

 

I just tried to weld it, omg it was dirty to the point it couldnt be welded. cleaned it for 20 minutes + Im busting out the jb weld since it doesnt hold pressure

 

Did you try taking some passes over it without filler to bring the oil to the surface? Sometimes you can do that 2-3 times and reclean it inbetween to get some of the subsurface **** out of it before you weld it for real. AL that has been exposed to oil for it's whole life SUCKS

If jb weld doesn't work ( I kind of doubt it will)

Maybe try my plug idea or a band that goes all the way like a bigass hoseclamp.

 

I patched it using the gray epoxy putty from lowes. worked like a champ and dried in an hour I sanded it down and it looks like new. I guess it wasnt the right way to fix it but easier than welding it