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General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: CO_CReX on February 28, 2010, 02:08:17 PM

Title: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: CO_CReX on February 28, 2010, 02:08:17 PM
Whats up guys! I have a question, I did a budget turbo build and used an Stainless Steel ebay manifold, after about 8 months now it is starting to crack... go figure, I knew this was going to happen eventually but I figured I would have found someone with a tig or might have purchased a tig on my own by now...  That is not the case unfortunately.  I have a little Lincoln weldpack 110v mig, Is there any type of wire I can use to weld this stainless steel myself?  I can't listen to this horrible exhaust leak anymore and it is definately hurting spool time.  Also I am not using any shielding gas at the moment, am I going to need some?  Im honestly dont care if it looks like shit when Im done just as long as it seals the crack and doesn't leak anymore...

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Thanks for any help guys!
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: bigwig on February 28, 2010, 02:48:36 PM
308 or 309 SS wire with 100% argon is what you want.  Grind off that BS coating and weld away.

Where do you live?  You may have a member local to you that can fix it with a TIG if you like bling bling welds.
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: CO_CReX on February 28, 2010, 02:59:23 PM
Hey thanks!  I live in Colorado Springs CO


Can I weld this without any gas?  or do I have to have gas to do this?
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: SOHCKLR657 on February 28, 2010, 03:13:01 PM
I live in Englewood but my buddy and I own a weld/fab shop, he can fix that up for ya like a jiff, we've welded 3 of these manis up and our welds never broke again but the ching chong meow ones did, and yes you need ss wire and argon, or you can try to birdshit it and hope like hell that when you look at it, it does'nt fall off :P...
Matt
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: Foowee on February 28, 2010, 03:16:05 PM
There is fluxcore stainless wire out there.  I haven't used it though.

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smallest I can find is a 10lb. spool...  $80+shipping is a bit much for something you'll probably never use again...
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: hotrex on February 28, 2010, 05:19:37 PM
dude just blaze it with whatev er u have available.  fixing that mani is like giving giving a cancer aids patient kemo. u put the first piece of cancer into remission but its only a matter of time before the aids infests it totally and it dies. 
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: Hotrodlincoln on February 28, 2010, 06:56:11 PM
Quote from: hotrex on February 28, 2010, 05:19:37 PM
dude just blaze it with whatev er u have available.  fixing that mani is like giving giving a cancer aids patient kemo. u put the first piece of cancer into remission but its only a matter of time before the aids infests it totally and it dies. 
No shit! just weld it with flux core.
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: bigdaddyvtec on February 28, 2010, 06:58:32 PM
Quote from: hotrex on February 28, 2010, 05:19:37 PM
dude just blaze it with whatev er u have available.  fixing that mani is like giving giving a cancer aids patient kemo. u put the first piece of cancer into remission but its only a matter of time before the aids infests it totally and it dies. 


LOLOL
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: glustic on February 28, 2010, 09:36:28 PM
B or d?

Just buy my cdm mani and call it good for another 8 months
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: CO_CReX on February 28, 2010, 10:35:49 PM
Its for an H

Thanks for all the input guys!  O0
Title: Re: Help with welding SS mani with mig?
Post by: weirtech on February 28, 2010, 10:38:19 PM
drill holes in the ends of the crack before you weld it so it doesn't spread further.