Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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what are they made out of?aluminum?im trying to solder a piece but no solder wire worked so far.i havent tried aluminum though.i have a 5 speed if it matters.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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aluminum, you cant solder, you need to weld
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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why not?there is aluminum solder out there.are you saying the solder will melt because of the tranny fluid heat?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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im saying if your trying to solder a crack the trans casing will have to be hot enough to adhere to the solder. if not your just putting solder on top of a crack,
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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since the trans is aluminum you'd need a tig welder. solder is not going to cut it
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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do you think just industro jb weld weld will work?it says that they can stand 500F.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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aluminum is hard **** to weld
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