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• Brazing: a welding alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 08 Mar 1996 13:13:42 +0000
  ...braze with little more than an inexpensive propane torch kit and brazing rods. BTW, I'm not looking for *perfection*. I just enough enough...
• Re: How can the radio be removed?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:16:31 CST6CDT
  ...get a piece of rod, brass brazing rod works well, and stick 4 pieces-- one in each hole. then move the tips of the...
• Re: Removing window seals
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:55:22 EST
  ...but instead of welding, you > could use flux coated low temperature brazing rod and braze a metal patch > in. Very easy actually. > > Dave > > i...
• Re: 1600 air cooled engine build
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 10:29:04 -0700 (PDT)
  >>Brazing is expensive, O2 is $7.87 a bottle at Home Desperate, but fun, and I >>only burned myself once. ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ > >Actually Eugene, it should...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:05:48 -0500
  ...brass brazing rod, not the silver. Good point though, I've poisoned myself just machine-polishing brass articles. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:10:40 -0400
  ...The ring can be repaired by silver-brazing on a circle formed from "bronze" brazing rod and flattening the top surface. Should be good...
• Re: Scraping sound turning the wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:01:45 -0400
  ...I rebuilt one once, using nickel-silver brazing rod formed in a ring; but probably more sensible to buy a new one if needed...
• Re: 12volt electric heaters
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 13:22:13 -0800 (PST)
  ...I seal them by brazing with zn oxy-acetylene torch (not too hot, though!) and nickle-silver rods. These rods are pricey, but they...
• Welding 101 (long)
  Historical mailing list
  27 Nov 96 07:49:09 PST
  ...As a generic term welding includes brazing and soldering. As a specific term welding means that the base material melts along with the filler...
• Re: 85 muffler question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:43:20 -0400
  ...It's all those small rods everywhere. The pipes I bought >have bolts on them at the correct place to receive those rods. I...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:14:02 -0800
  ...expensive from t he dealer, but I've rebuilt one > better than new with a > > circle of small brazing rod, silver-brazed on and...
• Re: Does anyone know if this aluminum =?UTF-8?B?4oCcd2VsZGluZw==?= =?UTF-8?B?4oCd?= rod is useful for anything?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:47:25 -0700
  ...Does anyone know if this aluminum “welding” rod is useful for anything? https://www.totallytrending.us/products/easy-welding-rod Jim
• Re: Horn don't toot
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:23:22 -0500
  ...Shape some thin "bronze" brazing rod to fit, silver-braze it to the remains, then file it flat. You'll end up with a...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:10:26 -0500
  ...ve rebuilt one better than new with a circle of small brazing rod, silver-brazed on and ground flat. david ps -- don't wait...
• Re: Windshield
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:37:22 -0500
  ...Get the brazing rod and bondo ready. Also, get new gaskets. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Engine braces
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:12:06 EST
  ...You have to use bronze brazing rod, the silver won't build up.... I imagine welding could do as well. They cost $25 or...
• Re: MAPP for brazing? (repair enlarged hole in Vanagon clutch pedal)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:13:25 -0800
  ...Found out proper silver solder $$ so maybe brass rod?? Anyhow, hopefully will get things closer to orange with MAPP. On 3/23/07, Geza...
• Re: Removing window seals
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:47:09 -0500
  Well, you could get out the torch and goggles, but instead of welding, you could use flux coated low temperature brazing rod and braze...
• Re: funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:15:46 -0700
  ...ve rebuilt one better than new with a > circle of small brazing rod, silver-brazed on and ground flat. > > david > ps -- don't wait...
• Silver solder?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 95 22:28:34 EDT
  ...Any opinions, I can braze fairly well and might see how small of a brazing rod I can find but that requires a lot...
• Re: Horn ring replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:05:35 -0500
  ...The ring can be repaired by silver-brazing on a circle formed from "bronze" > brazing rod and flattening the top surface. Should be good...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:19:22 -0400
  ...If the split is along the length of the pipe I would recommend either brazing (which may be difficult now that there's solder...
• Re: Vanagon fuel tank r&r
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:00:11 -0500 (EST)
  ...The MAPP gas torch kit comes with brazing rods and was under $40.00. Standard cautions apply about gas fume explosions. For My diesel...
• Re: Power Steering Whine from New Hose
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:03:25 -0600
  ...John Rodgers On 12/19/2012 11:53 PM, Michael Hart wrote: > I recently had the high pressure flexible power steering hose (goes from...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:32:14 -0700
  ...Apparently it's a common problem with the 2.1, and MIG welding or brazing is the repair. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Purchase price is just the down payment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:48:27 -0400
  ...Bronze rod (really brass) is particularly easy to build up by working torch and filler rod. Yours, David
• Re: Seeking advice for fixing many small rust spots
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:09:21 -0400
  ...Got to either fill them with brazing rod or POR15 Por Patch. The seams are another matter. Got to gouge, gouge, gouge that seam...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:01:47 -0700
  ...If the split is along the length of the pipe I would recommend either brazing (which may be difficult now that there's solder...
• Re: linkage problems?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Aug 94 10:06:37 ADT
  ...The shift rod piece that sticks out of the tranny about 3 inches fits into a small rocker arm inside the nosecone. This arm...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:43:35 -0700
  ...If the split is along the length of the pipe I would recommend either brazing (which may be difficult now that there's solder...
• Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:09:33 -0700
  ...Metal cones don't degrade and sometimes are connected by heat {read solder, silver solder, or brazing] and those connections don't degrade but...
• Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:39:20 -0400
  ...The three common brazing metals are "bronze," > "nickel silver" and actual silver which can be had in several melting > points. Any of them should...
• Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:33:46 -0800
  ...I just finished brazing a washer onto the alt. bracket. (One hole for the cross bolt got WAY too big) It should hold for...
• Of Interest to Air Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:56:55 -0600
  ...Windage is the process whereby air is entrained into the oil, owing to the rotation of the crankshaft and connecting rods, plus to a...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:58:12 -0500
  ...Horn switch ring wore through (repaired with bronze brazing rod silver-brazed to the original). New brake calipers around 150k. Four clutches and a...
• Re: Neil's from scratch motor swap...and pre-Friday ramble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:45 -0700
  ...I bought some "brazing" fuel from Crappy Tire, held the torch on the piece for about an hour and a half --- ;^) and brazed a...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:09:26 -0800
  ...Horn switch ring wore through (repaired with bronze brazing rod silver-brazed to the original). New brake calipers around 150k. Four clutches and a...