08-04-2020, 08:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2020, 08:19 PM by Bob Culver.)
The local owner of a pristine 20 had a crankcase crack repaired by an old expert using solder. Years ago I turned replacement valves etc for my brohers sv Hillman and when all assembled found a leaking crack in middle of head. I could not face taking it to bits again . Cleaned it up and solderied in place using plumbers petrol iron. Then sold.
Can a cover plate attached by small screws be made up? If it was all tinned first could bre filled behind with solder, or epoxy, or whatever.
On one of the TV resto programmes there was an old 12/4 with cracked water branch on the head. It had been repaired with solder decades before.but was leaking or deemd to be. Instead of redoing, for the sake of the spectacle , they adopted extreme metal stiching method.
Can a cover plate attached by small screws be made up? If it was all tinned first could bre filled behind with solder, or epoxy, or whatever.
On one of the TV resto programmes there was an old 12/4 with cracked water branch on the head. It had been repaired with solder decades before.but was leaking or deemd to be. Instead of redoing, for the sake of the spectacle , they adopted extreme metal stiching method.