Heater plug

[russelm]

Can you not insert a short bolt in it or braze a nut onto the casting to support the same fix?

The manifold is made out of cast aluminum and I'd be very wary of brazing or welding anything onto that since each different alloy has it's own "additive"(the material you add when welding or brazing), the last time I heated something out of cast aluminum up it nearly vaporized and I was lucky to have one spare... no pictures of the disaster tho

I have some special solder for such purposes that I have used a few times on similar car parts, think its calls super alloy no 1, cant exactly recall the name but it has a reasonably low melting point and works brilliantly for such castings.

[woodseaves]

I ended up blanking the hole, good as a spare for me or anyone who needs one.

Regards




The heater plug is in there you just can't see it.