I know nothing about the welding part, but there’s really no pressure or anything to deal with, so I would think that as long as you fill the crack and it’s structurally sound, you should be good.
-D > On Mar 24, 2017, at 7:56 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I scrounged a valve cover from the 300D at PnP the other day. OM617 engine > and the thing looked ok enough to pick it, but there was the standard coating > of grime. I washed it off and got some 000 steel wool to buff it prior to > going to town on a full shiny polishing. There is a crack, looks like a > casting failure actually, on the front that goes full across at the spot two > thirds up where the vertical angles back to the rounded top. Crack is > through and through, but shows no sign of oil having seeped. > > Question is — Will it weld? Do I need to worry about welding? It is > probably a job I can swing with a torch and aluminum rod, but is it really > critical? > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
