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Re: OT- Cracked 'bell housing' am I hosed?

To: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
Subject: Re: OT- Cracked 'bell housing' am I hosed?
From: Vicki Burrows <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 22:53:59 -0700
Daniel, a good welder who knows what he/she is doing with aluminum could 
probably weld it pretty easily.  Don't you just love losers like that?
Greg Burrows

Daniel Neuman wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>         Well last night I finally got around to unwrapping the 'excellent 
>condition' 89 TH700R4 transmission.  There is a huge crack in what I would 
>call the bell housing.  It runs from just ahead of the end of the transmission 
>pan up following the curve about halfway to the top.  Of course the guy who 
>sold it to me now is turning out to be quite hard to reach.  He has canceled 
>his aol email account and ebay account...  The metal feels weird like die-cast 
>metal or what some people would call pot metal.  I'm guessing that its 
>aluminum.  Am I totally screwed?  Can this crack be welded?
>         Thanks,
>                 Daniel 69 2000
>                 Oakland CA
>
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