Technical Screwed this intake?

pipe fitting busted flush with the intake. That way when I got it. Warmed it up and used an extractor.
Busted it out.
SBC large base 2v intake. Kinda hard to round up.

 

At least you got the offender out. Now "V" it out and weld it. Bolt it to a head to use the head as a heat sink, and lessen any possible warping.

 

I may have a few of those laying around as well if you want to swap it out.

 

It’s still in there. I’ll guess I’ll have to drill it out now.
Nickel rod with a stick after a preheat.
Or silicon bronze with a TIG

 

Silicon bronze will work very well,,,,,whichever you prefer really .

Tommy

 

Thanks.
My disappointment is wearing off. I will probably rev up the TIG.
It’s not under any pressure just the PCV elbow.

 

Anthony,
My guess is where the fitting was screwed in so tight,,,,,and it being a taper thread fitting,,,,,the heat made the iron bust open .
Get that piece out,,,,,close her back together,,,,,,and the bronze should make it look like it never happened .

Tommy

 

I’ll give it a go. Have nothing to lose.
I’ll be extra careful tightening the fitting.
My TIG is at school. Might have to swing by on a Sunday

 

Once you repair it,,,,,,it should not happen again .

Tommy

 

we used to work so hard to s**** those intakes....no, I don't have any left.

 

Tell me about it.
I never would have thought I would have got excited over locating a 2v iron intake.
I’ve got a small base intake but I lucked into a good carb and intake setup.
Its for an early 60s flat bed. Not hot rod parts needed here.

 

What year is that intake? I might have one. You can have it for shipping if I have one.

 

Got one for my GMC flatbed as well! After welding you can hit it with a needle scaler then blast and you will never know it was fixed.

 

To get that broken pipe end out, take a hack saw blade and cut a couple of slots just through to where you figure the inside of the threads are in the pipe, do that in a couple of spots and then take a small chisel and knock the piece out and then you can get the rest of it out. You don't cut though the pipe just to the back corners of the threads that are cut in the pipe to create a weak spot to knock out. About 90 degrees or less from each other.

 

I’ll tackle that probably just like that or close anyway.
V-grove the cracks and TIG.

The part that got me the most was that this was the last thing we tackled. Carb built, electric choke swapped over, removed the electric fast idle and the vacuum choke manipulators and extra unneeded holes plugged. Gaskets and sealant purchased.
This intake doesn’t have a temp sending unit provision so we used the heater hose fitting. The heater core is shot so we’ll tackle that issue later.
It was down to this broke fitting and some rattle can. ****.
I’ll live to fight another day.

 

The Henrob torch is excellent for welding cast iron

 

Those extractors that screw in backwards to remove stuck threads also exert outward pressure, and if you had it hot enough the stuck threads probably swelled when you cranked on the extractor and split the iron.

 

More than likely.
Lesson learned.
I just removed a broke bolt from a hub with the extractors but that’s a better quality material than cast iron.

 

Just blast what's left of the fitting out with your cutting torch ,easy peasy !.

 

Try finding kick down cable bracket for a 2 barrel. Took me a while

 

Well this will fix the sending unit location issue.
I’ll remove both pipes, plug the forward one and use the side one for the temp sending unit

 

Yep
Thanks

 

Nice work! Joe

 

This intake came off a truck my uncle ran for decades. He p***ed a couple years back. Guy could build and weld anything. I almost thought he welded this fitting.

 

You can TIG weld it with ER309L stainless. But you will need to thread a carbon insert in the whole first. It welds like spreading ****er, the problem is it is extremely hard to drill and tap. You need a carbide tipped drill bit and when you thread it you can only go a 1/4 turn at a time and back up ar the tap will freeze and you will break it off. I have welded a lot of ears back on blocks and the carbon insert is the only way to go back the carbon insert and clean the holes with a tap.

 

Grooved it. Pre-hear it. TIGed it.

little more cosmetics then clean up the threads

 

nice

 

Perseverance! Good work.

 

Nice work. I would have tossed it in the trash thinking it was useless. Nice to see something saved

 

We did a pre and post heat with a torch.
First time to TIG on cast iron.
Not much to it