Cracked iron manifold repair

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June 21, 2004, 9:17 pm
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My brother sent me a cracked iron exhaust manifold for a Mazda he wants to
sell, but this has to be fixed first. Apparently they all crack, so a used
part isn't available.
I Magnafluxed it and found the end of the crack, i guess I will drill it and
V-grind out the crack, and check it again.
I only have a buzz-box, gas, and a mini-mig, so i guess it will have to be a
stick weld.
I have some 55% Nickle rod marked as machineable, 07235 on the container,
but 16071 on the stick. It says no pre-heat required, but i was planning on
sticking the manifold in the oven at 500 for a while and then bringing the
temp down slow over about 8 hours or so after the weld. Any downside to
that?
The weld will have to go through a flange for the cat, so it will have to be
milled down afterwards.
My brother doesn't care if it cracks a week later, but I do.
Any recommendations?
 BTW, I found some sticks marked "Certainium 889".  Any idea what they are
used for?

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Ecnerwal's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
June 21, 2004, 9:22 pm
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Pretty much the same thing that 55Ni is used for, as far as I can tell.
Spell it "Certanium" and go looking on the web...

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June 21, 2004, 10:05 pm
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It all sounds good.
The Certainium is also a Cast Iron rod.


 
Martin H. Eastburn's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
June 22, 2004, 12:33 am
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Re: Cracked iron manifold repair

Paul Calman wrote:


I had searched for Certanium 889SP-AC-DC all position cast iron electrode -

Looks like a wonder stick.  "AC or DC.  Straight or reverse, even with small AC
buzz boxes"
Unique Flux coating - eliminates porosity by cleaning base metal.  Can weld
dirty oil soaked castings.
....

Check out this site : http://webapp1.cronatronwelding.com/cronatron/homePage

On the left is the third item down -
....
http://webapp1.cronatronwelding.com/cronatron/showLevel4?productClassNum=62010200

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Paul Calman's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
June 22, 2004, 12:43 am
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Re: Cracked iron manifold repair

Thanks, guys. It's always better to ask a possibly foolish question than
look foolish later.
The certanium rod sounds like I should put it away for something critical,
like a transmission case,  and use the other stuff on a clean manifold.

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