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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 04:44 AM
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i recently picked up a used tubular turbo manifold for 50 bucks couldnt pass it up for that price turns out it has a crack right where the wastegate tube meets the collector i have i mig welder at my dads shop would it be possible to fill the crack with a mig i cant tell what kind of metel the mani is but i would like to fix it myself if possible what settings should i have my welder on and how long would it hold for if it where to work
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 05:43 AM
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By the sounds of things you bought an eBay manifold. Pics of where it cracked would help too.
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 05:47 AM
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it it not as thin as an ebay one is it possible to mig it ill get a pic on soon
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 07:29 AM
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the crack is under the weld on the bottem or the waste gate tube wher it meets the collector
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 09:22 AM
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cmon 86 veiws 1 reply lol someone give me some advice even ur opinion what u would do i have my turbo on my car now with a cast manifold just waiting to uprgade turbo and down pipe so have time to fix it. id like to either fix it or bring it to someone with a tig it is close to the turbo flange
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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yes you can weld it with a mig
clean the area you want to weld
you can make a brace if you want to reinforce the part
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 01:10 PM
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that is an ebay manifold. you bought broken garbage, ouch
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