Re: Weld aluminum?
 

> yeah.....but we could hang out and tell fish stories. :-)

True! Most likely I'll have to wait till you make a pilgrimage to Moab.

Of course I do have a good friend in Raleigh, I haven't visited him in a
couple years. Maybe I could just say my tranny is a carry on?

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

> yeah.....but we could hang out and tell fish stories. :-)

True! Most likely I'll have to wait till you make a pilgrimage to Moab.

Of course I do have a good friend in Raleigh, I haven't visited him in a
couple years. Maybe I could just say my tranny is a carry on?

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

> yeah.....but we could hang out and tell fish stories. :-)

True! Most likely I'll have to wait till you make a pilgrimage to Moab.

Of course I do have a good friend in Raleigh, I haven't visited him in a
couple years. Maybe I could just say my tranny is a carry on?

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

*whew*!

--
Jim

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:51glb.126$wQ1.99203@news.uswest.net...
> I took it in. They said about $30 to fix it. They said I'll have to
drill
> and re-tap the hole myself though. That shouldn't be a big deal.
>
> $30 is much less than I anticipated when I first did it (and imagined the
> worst) so right now I'm pretty happy.
>
> "Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:71clb.1090$Yp5.7606@news.uswest.net...
> > I know welding aluminum is possible, but is it possible / feasible to
weld
> > an aluminum transmission case (TF727)? It's on the bellhousing, the
case
> > broke around one of the bolt holes. Maybe a 1 X 4 inch piece. It
sheared
> > off right at the edge of the bolt hole.
> >
> > I'm such an idiot sometimes. Don't even ask how I did it. I'm too
> > embarrased to admit my lack of common sense.
> >
> > OK... Since you twisted my arm!
> >
> > I knew better than to try and remove the bolts for the tranny mount
while
> I
> > had it on saw horses (getting tranny ready to swap into my CJ). But I
was
> > waiting a few more minutes for the paint to dry on the tranny oil pan
> before
> > I moved it all to the workbench. It of course fell and busted a bolt
hole
> > ear off the case. ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD.
Unless
> > it tells you to do *bad* things :-)!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

*whew*!

--
Jim

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:51glb.126$wQ1.99203@news.uswest.net...
> I took it in. They said about $30 to fix it. They said I'll have to
drill
> and re-tap the hole myself though. That shouldn't be a big deal.
>
> $30 is much less than I anticipated when I first did it (and imagined the
> worst) so right now I'm pretty happy.
>
> "Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:71clb.1090$Yp5.7606@news.uswest.net...
> > I know welding aluminum is possible, but is it possible / feasible to
weld
> > an aluminum transmission case (TF727)? It's on the bellhousing, the
case
> > broke around one of the bolt holes. Maybe a 1 X 4 inch piece. It
sheared
> > off right at the edge of the bolt hole.
> >
> > I'm such an idiot sometimes. Don't even ask how I did it. I'm too
> > embarrased to admit my lack of common sense.
> >
> > OK... Since you twisted my arm!
> >
> > I knew better than to try and remove the bolts for the tranny mount
while
> I
> > had it on saw horses (getting tranny ready to swap into my CJ). But I
was
> > waiting a few more minutes for the paint to dry on the tranny oil pan
> before
> > I moved it all to the workbench. It of course fell and busted a bolt
hole
> > ear off the case. ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD.
Unless
> > it tells you to do *bad* things :-)!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

*whew*!

--
Jim

"Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:51glb.126$wQ1.99203@news.uswest.net...
> I took it in. They said about $30 to fix it. They said I'll have to
drill
> and re-tap the hole myself though. That shouldn't be a big deal.
>
> $30 is much less than I anticipated when I first did it (and imagined the
> worst) so right now I'm pretty happy.
>
> "Kevin Sperle" <ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:71clb.1090$Yp5.7606@news.uswest.net...
> > I know welding aluminum is possible, but is it possible / feasible to
weld
> > an aluminum transmission case (TF727)? It's on the bellhousing, the
case
> > broke around one of the bolt holes. Maybe a 1 X 4 inch piece. It
sheared
> > off right at the edge of the bolt hole.
> >
> > I'm such an idiot sometimes. Don't even ask how I did it. I'm too
> > embarrased to admit my lack of common sense.
> >
> > OK... Since you twisted my arm!
> >
> > I knew better than to try and remove the bolts for the tranny mount
while
> I
> > had it on saw horses (getting tranny ready to swap into my CJ). But I
was
> > waiting a few more minutes for the paint to dry on the tranny oil pan
> before
> > I moved it all to the workbench. It of course fell and busted a bolt
hole
> > ear off the case. ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD.
Unless
> > it tells you to do *bad* things :-)!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

>
> Thankfully I had just unbolted my new Lokar shiter kit


>>

Yeah, I hate it when I break my shiter. Hurts like hell.


Jerry

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

>
> Thankfully I had just unbolted my new Lokar shiter kit


>>

Yeah, I hate it when I break my shiter. Hurts like hell.


Jerry

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

>
> Thankfully I had just unbolted my new Lokar shiter kit


>>

Yeah, I hate it when I break my shiter. Hurts like hell.


Jerry

Re: Weld aluminum?
 

Oops, I seem to have misplaced a letter. For $200 it better not be a
shiter.

"belowme" <dontbotherme@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:3f95b562_2@newspeer2.tds.net...
>
> >
> > Thankfully I had just unbolted my new Lokar shiter kit
>
>
> >>
>
> Yeah, I hate it when I break my shiter. Hurts like hell.
>
>
> Jerry
>
>