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Old 08-16-2015, 10:06 AM   #1349
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Originally Posted by hometeam View Post
So I finally got off my ass today and got my car over to my buddies shop. We decided to forget the bracket and just do it the old fashioned way. We welded that bastard back together!

If you can imagine the motor in the car, the piece that was broken off was exaactly like so;



Fortunately, it only came apart when i went to replace the starter, so my buddy was able to TIG weld the thing back together, I held the piece in place from the front of the car (with welders gloves of course) while he tacked it in from behind, Once it was tacked in I got my hand out of there and he put about 30 minutes of work on it, getting it all in and touching it up, then using a grinder wheel to get rid of the excess.

We then bolted the new, (improved design) starter in and BAM, starts like a champ! The general consensus is a correctly TIG welded piece as such will last indefinitely with the new starter design which does not stress that mounting tab like the old one did.

Instead of a new block, or a 370 dollar bracket, I made out for 20 bucks~

God damn it felt good to light up those tires!
How much does he want to do another one that isn't in a car?
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