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Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 26 2005, 08:29 PM

so i spent the day helping MattR assemble his newly painted beauty tub.....

drive home.... decide i dont like the idle... pop engine lid to fiddle with carbs.... and BAM!!!

the battery tray collapses before my eyes.
position it.... so i can drive home....

drive.... sputter....sputter....

make it to the backside of my neighborhood.

battery is squishing fuel line.....

figger it out.... drive home....

take a nap....

Posted by: Long Prong Jun 26 2005, 08:31 PM

console rot or just tray rot....?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 26 2005, 08:33 PM

optima must weigh a ton...

tray pulled away from the wall... and the support unwelded....

Posted by: Long Prong Jun 26 2005, 08:36 PM

woah...sorry to hear that.

Posted by: Series9 Jun 26 2005, 09:45 PM

I've seen you weld over at Scott's, so quit your bitching and fix it.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 26 2005, 09:45 PM

when a tray/support is 100 bucks....it sucks

Posted by: Series9 Jun 26 2005, 09:49 PM

Have some tequila, you'll feel better.

Posted by: MattR Jun 26 2005, 10:36 PM

Hmm, I didnt think 914s rusted there...

thanks again for helping me out today!!! :award:

Note to anyone; aaron works for 4 dollar burgers

time to relocate battery???

Posted by: redshift Jun 26 2005, 10:38 PM

Yeah, put it on the other side, like in England.

M

Posted by: skline Jun 26 2005, 11:44 PM

Aaron, I have a tray but no support, if you can salvage yours, you can just weld this tray in on top of it. All you have to do is ask.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Jun 26 2005, 11:52 PM

AAron,

Dude, 23 bucks at Summit. Stainless no less. =-)))))

http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?Ntt=battery+tray&Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&searchinresults=false&N=0&target=egnsearch.asp

SUM-G1201

Rust=evil
Stainless=friend

Posted by: jkeyzer Jun 26 2005, 11:55 PM

yeah but welding stainless???

Posted by: Dr. Roger Jun 27 2005, 12:00 AM

Who mentioned welding???? Brazing is an alternative and strong. Been there Done that.
copied from somewhere.....
First off, welding is not the only way to join stainless to whatever with both strength and safety. Brazing is soldering at high temperatures. Gas is the heat source, and various combinations are used; oxygen-acetylene, oxygen- MAPP (methylacetylene-propadiene, stabilized) gas, and oxygen-propane are all common. Air and MAPP gas can be used, but it's a stretch to get the heat you need.
In the brazing process, you use a filler material whose melting point is lower than that of the melting point of what you want to join (the parent metal). The parent materials are coated with a flux, which cleans and prevents the formation of oxides, and are heated. When the melting point of the filler metal is reached, the molten filler flows into the joint by capillary action and bonds the parent materials together. The resulting joint is very strong.

TIG is another way to go and is kinda like gas welding. Use a non consumable rod (like the acetylene torch) and a filler rod.

Posted by: bondo Jun 27 2005, 01:59 AM

A spool of stainless wire and some argon gas and you can mig weld stainless to regular steel. Not as pretty, but plenty strong.

Posted by: Brando Jun 27 2005, 10:20 AM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jun 26 2005, 07:45 PM)
when a tray/support is 100 bucks....it sucks

Put it in the rear trunk for $0. Just get some stainless or aluminum straps and bult 'em down.

Posted by: Howard Jun 27 2005, 10:56 AM

Come and get it, cupcake

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Posted by: Brando Jun 27 2005, 11:08 AM

We love it when you sweet-talk, Howard.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 27 2005, 03:23 PM

Howie/scott.

incoming PM's

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 27 2005, 07:08 PM

Mount it in the front trunk where it belongs.
Elliot

Posted by: McMark Jun 27 2005, 07:18 PM

In the front trunk? Farther away from the center of rotation? But lower in the car. Stock is the only place for it.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 27 2005, 08:13 PM

QUOTE (McMark @ Jun 27 2005, 06:18 PM)
In the front trunk? Farther away from the center of rotation? But lower in the car. Stock is the only place for it.

Ah! What the hell do I know? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Besides I was bored and needed something to do.
Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 27 2005, 08:18 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jun 26 2005, 07:29 PM)
so i spent the day helping MattR assemble his newly painted beauty tub.....

drive home.... decide i dont like the idle... pop engine lid to fiddle with carbs.... and BAM!!!

the battery tray collapses before my eyes.
position it.... so i can drive home....

drive.... sputter....sputter....

make it to the backside of my neighborhood.

battery is squishing fuel line.....

figger it out.... drive home....

take a nap....

Don't worry young one. Your good Karma will most certainly be rewarded. Just maybe not in this lifetime.
Cheers, Elliot