The aluminium bracket (part 614870) has snapped on my 101GS, has anyone got
a spare one of these they can sell me? I would ring the owner's club but it
broke after 5pm on a Saturday so I thought I'd ask here first. Basically the
bracket has broken at the point it joins to the driver's side v8 head. I may
be able to get it tig welded but would buy new if it's not a huge amount of
money, is it likely to fail again if I do get it welded? I don't have any
experience welding ali but I do know how much difference heat treating it's
alloy can make & I've never had much luck getting cast steel components like
exhaust manifolds welded reliably.
Thanks,
Fergus

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:04:18 GMT, "fergus.kendall"
<fergus.kendall@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>The aluminium bracket (part 614870) has snapped on my 101GS, has anyone got
>a spare one of these they can sell me? I would ring the owner's club but it
>broke after 5pm on a Saturday so I thought I'd ask here first. Basically the
>bracket has broken at the point it joins to the driver's side v8 head. I may
>be able to get it tig welded but would buy new if it's not a huge amount of
>money, is it likely to fail again if I do get it welded? I don't have any
>experience welding ali but I do know how much difference heat treating it's
>alloy can make & I've never had much luck getting cast steel components like
>exhaust manifolds welded reliably.
>Thanks,
>Fergus
>
Is it not possible to make a replacement one yourself?.

I can't recall exactly what the one on my 101 looks like (and its
parked 10 miles away so cant look right now!), but it cant be that
complicated (famous last words! )

"Tom Woods" <tomarse_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ft2pk0t222kt5nmqumrs2ombbiaqiu079q@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:04:18 GMT, "fergus.kendall"
> <fergus.kendall@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >The aluminium bracket (part 614870) has snapped on my 101GS, has anyone
got
> >a spare one of these they can sell me? I would ring the owner's club but
it
> >broke after 5pm on a Saturday so I thought I'd ask here first. Basically
the
> >bracket has broken at the point it joins to the driver's side v8 head. I
may
> >be able to get it tig welded but would buy new if it's not a huge amount
of
> >money, is it likely to fail again if I do get it welded? I don't have any
> >experience welding ali but I do know how much difference heat treating
it's
> >alloy can make & I've never had much luck getting cast steel components
like
> >exhaust manifolds welded reliably.
> >Thanks,
> >Fergus
> >
> Is it not possible to make a replacement one yourself?.
>
> I can't recall exactly what the one on my 101 looks like (and its
> parked 10 miles away so cant look right now!), but it cant be that
> complicated (famous last words! )

It would be fairly simple to make one from steel but it's nice to keep these
things original I always think.
Fergus

fergus.kendall wrote:

> It would be fairly simple to make one from steel but it's nice to keep these
> things original I always think.
> Fergus

I'll make me an un-authentic steel one if you want to buy a genuine
aluminium one....

Steve

"Steve Taylor" <steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote in message
news:414dfc09$0$22757$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> I'll make me an un-authentic steel one if you want to buy a genuine
> aluminium one....
>
> Steve

Oh you slag!


;-)

Lee D