Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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08/28/11 12:05 AM
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Jeff mentioned above has beeen having health problems. I would give Radar a call, he is close. Roger "Radar' Lechtenberg at R@J performance ( 319)-988-3595 , 4611 South Hudson Road Cedar Falls iowa 50613, He has been at it a long time and knows Mopar heads.
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Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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08/28/11 10:10 PM
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Another real nice guy that is a little closer is Larry Demers. He has a nice shop in the back of the NAPA store he owns in Carrol IA. I just don't know how familiar he is with the "W" head. If the sprint car guys run them I'm sure he has seen them.
Don't know if he will be in the shop tomarrow. He runs a TOP sportsman car and his son runs SC pipe rack. Both were racing at Topeka this weekend.
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Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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08/28/11 10:44 PM
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Maybe you can fix it yourself. If they were using Epoxy to try and fix it a product called Alumiweld may be much better. It needs no flux or argon to make it work. The average joe can do it with a torch. It melts at about 750* BUT!! So far Ive only done minor tests with it with positive results. Now the Bad news, Its sold at Harbor Freight. Im going to try and use it on a Yamaha Rhino aluminum radiator that was repaired at a Radiator shop that failed with some kind of goo Epoxy. After my failures with, sodder, JB weld, and my Mig welder with aluminum wire. My tests with the alumiweld show very promising results, IMO It may be the fix for you also. It should be Waay better then any Epoxy job from my test results.
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Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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08/29/11 12:42 AM
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Maybe you can fix it yourself. If they were using Epoxy to try and fix it a product called Alumiweld may be much better.
Maybe we could..... but I don't want to "experiment" when it involves removing the engine, tearing it down, inspecting, and cleaning up the mess this is making. I'm just hoping someone can look at it and tell us with confidence that it can be fixed for good. We still have our 360 sitting complete that was good for high 10's on good air days. Worse part about this is being 1300 miles away. I'd love to be able to travel a couple hours and help my dad with this mess on a weekend.
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Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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11/03/11 10:29 AM
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You could send it up to Angie at Mopar Engines West in Nor Cal, I had a piston / rod assembly chew one up pretty good last year and after she worked her magic you would never know. Number and email if interested maybe send a picture and get a quote? if so tell her Keith set you. 1-510-796-4313 or angie-moparengines@sbcglobal.net
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Re: Where can I get an aluminum head repaired???
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11/04/11 02:07 PM
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For future reference: Midwest Cylinder Heads Nevada, Iowa Lots of performance machine shops use them. http://midwestcylinderhead.com/I've used them for the head repair and then Harry Heads, Sioux City,IA for the final porting/epoxy work.
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