Thread: Valley cover pin hole repair

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Originally Posted by Phil 850

Might have to rethink repairing the valley cover and see if I can buy a new one.
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This is a close up with the sunlight in the background.
Looks like someone took to it with a shotgun.
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With it that clean, troweling silicon across the area should effect a reasonable temporary repair until you can find a newie Just don't try and "squeeze" it through. You just want it coating the top of the gasket.

Just in case I can’t get a new valley cover, I decided to try and solder the pin holes.
Unfortunately I only have a smallish electric soldering iron so it was difficult to get significant heat into the valley cover as it dissipates the heat quite quickly.
It doesn’t look to great but there are no pin holes and it should be more durable than other fixes I hope.
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You may have been better off using a propane torch and getting some big sticks of solder. Tinning it with solder infused flux would have also helped.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

You may have been better off using a propane torch and getting some big sticks of solder. Tinning it with solder infused flux would have also helped.

Absolutely! In my experience, small electric irons are a waste of time.

Best all round alternative is a portable gas iron. I have used one for years and they come with a variety of tips, including one that is ideal for cutting and sealing rope. You will be pleasantly surprised at the amount of heat these irons generate and there are no cords to get in the way of your work

There are relatively inexpensive units around but my Iroda now sells for about $140 and it is worth every cent

Just take it to a radiator place, your 'wrong' solder job will be off in 30 secs and they'll do it right in maybe less than an hour and it will be perfect.

I thought I'd posted this........... but obviously not. A guy I knew did this with the fuel tank from his 93 RRC. Had real holes in the top, not the pin variety. They used solder and patches and it didn't cost much.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

They used solder and patches and it didn't cost much.

DL

You have obviously not been to a radiator place lately.

Originally Posted by Phil 850

Might have to rethink repairing the valley cover and see if I can buy a new one.
1329A4CC-69E1-487C-9AEE-E51B884DFE8E.jpg
This is a close up with the sunlight in the background.
Looks like someone took to it with a shotgun.
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With that many holes in it the rest of the cover must be paper thin, Get a new one and be done with it because even IF you managed to do a temporary fix on this it wont last long at all and you will have to pull everything apart again to put a new one in anyway so why waste your time with something that is so obviously RS.