06-15-2014, 08:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2014, 08:56 PM by broncosbybart.)
No time soon, that's for sure! I want to get my truck done!!!
Remember my cracked timing housing? It is cast aluminum. I don't have any way to weld it up.
Meet Jim (Cheech) Garde. He is the man with a plan. One time I rolled up to his workshop and there was a bobsled sitting in the bed of his pickup. Went inside and there was one sitting in his shop. What the heck???
Cheech did a LOT of work on the US bobsled teams sleds under Bodine. It was wild to see a couple of sleds that would be competing in the US olympics!! For the last olyimpics, BMW was involved with the 4 man sleds, but Cheech is still very much involved in the 2 man sleds. His background is NASCAR (Winston Cup) for the old-timers. He quit that about 10 years ago to go out on his own doing custom fab and machine work. His work is amazing- top notch!
He went to work hogging out the aluminum housing around the crack using an assortment of die grinders and carbide bits. After that, he used a propane torch to try and boil the engine oil out of the crack as best he could. Then it was on to the work bench and the TIG machine. The end result is a super strong fix that should be fixed for good! I just had to grind down the built up weld and clean up a few of the bolt holes and the dowel pin hole. Better than new!
Remember my cracked timing housing? It is cast aluminum. I don't have any way to weld it up.
Meet Jim (Cheech) Garde. He is the man with a plan. One time I rolled up to his workshop and there was a bobsled sitting in the bed of his pickup. Went inside and there was one sitting in his shop. What the heck???
Cheech did a LOT of work on the US bobsled teams sleds under Bodine. It was wild to see a couple of sleds that would be competing in the US olympics!! For the last olyimpics, BMW was involved with the 4 man sleds, but Cheech is still very much involved in the 2 man sleds. His background is NASCAR (Winston Cup) for the old-timers. He quit that about 10 years ago to go out on his own doing custom fab and machine work. His work is amazing- top notch!
He went to work hogging out the aluminum housing around the crack using an assortment of die grinders and carbide bits. After that, he used a propane torch to try and boil the engine oil out of the crack as best he could. Then it was on to the work bench and the TIG machine. The end result is a super strong fix that should be fixed for good! I just had to grind down the built up weld and clean up a few of the bolt holes and the dowel pin hole. Better than new!