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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 04:09 AM
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I'm gonna try it & I believe it will be fine, but a buddy of mine insists it's gonna fail.. What do you think...
I know it will work. I have some of those Cal Custom valve covers and they didn't come with baffles. I just have some chincy sheet metal screws that barely grab into very shallow casted holes held in by JB Weld.
Been that way since about 1994. With the stout suspension and cruising at 3800 RPM for 40 hours across country they have never vibrated loose.
Now about every other nut and bolt on the car has managed to loosen itself in the meantime. But those dumb baffles have stayed in place.  My front spring eye nuts loosen all the way up about in a years time.
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 06:50 AM
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I would have tig welded in alumminum standoffs and used mounting bolts with saftey wire. Those little screws could do alot of damage if one comes loose. You could still safety wire and at least if something came loose it would all stay together.  Don't all the holes in the baffle kinda of defeat the purpose.
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 08:10 AM
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tack the baffle in all four corners and your done
It'd be tough to clean the valve cover thoughly if you could not get the baffle out exspecially if there was some kind of failure.
FWIW I have drilled through the valve covers to mount baffles, doesn't look as nice but at a glace I could tell all my bolts were in place and it didn't leak.
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 11:30 AM
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I would have tig welded in alumminum standoffs and used mounting bolts with saftey wire. Those little screws could do alot of damage if one comes loose. You could still safety wire and at least if something came loose it would all stay together.
Don't all the holes in the baffle kinda of defeat the purpose.
The screw I'm actually gonna use are stainless steel allens with a nylon insert so they don't loosen unless you want them to...
I actually feel all the little holes are gonna help improve drainage.. They started live as nailer plates for reinforcing wood construction, I've had them laying around for a few years & they were close to the right size.. 
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 02:05 PM
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Another vote for JB Weld working just fine. Planning to do some framing under there someday?  To answer your next question, I think PT would work better in that environment than plain Doug Fir...
Down to just a blue car now.
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
[Re: OzHemi]
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07/17/09 02:33 PM
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Doug Fir would be better to support the rocker shaft though... 
I wonder if Simpson Strong-Tie would have motorsport support for you?
So I should probably just scrap the one I carved out of Oak...E...
As far as Support goes, I'm more likely to get support from Homer Simpson... 
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 02:50 PM
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I would have tig welded in alumminum standoffs and used mounting bolts with saftey wire. Those little screws could do alot of damage if one comes loose. You could still safety wire and at least if something came loose it would all stay together.
Don't all the holes in the baffle kinda of defeat the purpose.
The screw I'm actually gonna use are stainless steel allens with a nylon insert so they don't loosen unless you want them to...
I actually feel all the little holes are gonna help improve drainage.. They started live as nailer plates for reinforcing wood construction, I've had them laying around for a few years & they were close to the right size..
I hear you, I love to use what I got laying around too. 
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
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07/17/09 03:07 PM
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I would have tig welded in alumminum standoffs and used mounting bolts with saftey wire. Those little screws could do alot of damage if one comes loose. You could still safety wire and at least if something came loose it would all stay together.
Don't all the holes in the baffle kinda of defeat the purpose.
The screw I'm actually gonna use are stainless steel allens with a nylon insert so they don't loosen unless you want them to...
I actually feel all the little holes are gonna help improve drainage.. They started live as nailer plates for reinforcing wood construction, I've had them laying around for a few years & they were close to the right size..
I don't have holes in mine.  Filing it with oil is a pain.
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Re: Will JB Weld live in this application?
[Re: autoxcuda]
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07/17/09 03:11 PM
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I actually feel all the little holes are gonna help improve drainage.. They started live as nailer plates for reinforcing wood construction, I've had them laying around for a few years & they were close to the right size..
I don't have holes in mine. Filing it with oil is a pain.
That is exactly what I remember about trying to fill with the early stock covers & why I thought the little holes would help... The good news is we all understand the need for baffles, something the companies making most aftermarket covers seemed to forget about...
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