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KXcam22:
Best stuff is "metal mend" or similar.  It is a high temp aluminum epoxy that you apply like braze with a mapp gas torch but melts below the temp of aluminum so you can't screw it up.  Polishes out nicely.  I always have some in my tool box. Saw it once at a M/C show, guy was drilling holes in engine covers, soldering them up, then polishing them until they were invisible.  I saw a similar product on the net,  something 2000, but can't recall the exact name. Cheap too (actuall cheaper than JB weld). Cam.

ps here is the link I found

http://www.aluminumrepair.com

Hillclimb#42:
Alumalloy? or something like that. I saw that infomerrcial. I had this problem with my 250. I'll give you a little heads up. If you get an aftermarket cover, alot of them have no way to check oil level. One that I got had a screw as a level check, but eventually it stripped out. The one I have now has no check, which I am now used to. Whenever I wonder how much oil is in it, I drain and fill.

KXcam22:
Something like that.  I also used it to fix the busted aircleaner stud attachment web in the carb on my skiboat and soldered up the broken gunnels on my 12' aluminum fishing boat.  Normally it is finicky welding on a carb body but it was easy. They demo soldering alum beer cans together which I know is very hard normally.  Cam.

5dracing:
There's a company in Central PA that sells alot of this type welding supplies. There name is Proweld in Mill Hall Pa. 570-748-9518. I've seen the demonstrations at our School Maintenance meetings. they even sell that putty that you see advertised on tv.

don46:
Why not pull it off and have it welded? I've welded a couple of them, it's not easy but I'm sure if you took it to a Pro it would be a piece of cake. I have tried the epoxy route to, that didn't last.

I bought some of those rods at the fair one year, yep I was going to weld aluminum, it sure didn't work for me like it did at the fair, in fact I think I still have some of those rods, maybe I'll try it again.

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