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Old 06-03-2004, 02:39 PM
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I cant weld a brass fitting to an z6 oil pan right? seems like it would just melt the brass.. I'm very new at welding.


I'm tired of little POS oil leaks.

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Old 06-03-2004, 02:42 PM
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JB WELD that bitch!
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Old 06-03-2004, 02:51 PM
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There is no such thing as a dumb welding question, just dumb welders...

Could you weld a threaded bung to the pan and then thread the brass fitting in?
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It's a bitch to weld dissimilar metals. It can be done... for a price.... You can braze it with special welding rods or even TIG it with the right gas and wire. There is explosive welding, friction welding, but thats way out of our hands.. :P
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my current oil pan has jb weld, I just wanted to actually use my welder :-)


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what if I welded a metal nutt, I hope they have pipe threaded nutts. Then screwed the pipe threaded copper fitting on the nutt. How does that sound?

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Originally Posted by Wally
Could you weld a threaded bung to the pan and then thread the brass fitting in?
Sounds like what he said. :P
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:52 PM
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Good luck making the two metals stick together. I've added weld to brass before, but never tried to stick anything to it. I would go with one of the other suggestions around here.
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your pan is probly allumnium, you can braze the fitting to it.
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I just used a steel fitting i found at a parts store. It's in the section where they sell all the Help stuff and it's was for some sort of cooling system fitting for fords. A -10 line fits nicely over top.
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