[Shop-talk] Generators

[Karl Vacek]

Seriously, there actually is a cheap solution.  There's a torch-welding 
product that's been around for decades - when I saw and bought it in 1970 or 
so it was called "Lumiweld".  It's not too hard to work with if you don't 
mind the job looking sloppy, and it can be worked although it's nearly as 
hard as steel.  You just need a propane or mapp-gas torch to melt it - you 
could use it to attach a female aluminum coupling onto the head and then 
reattach the muffler.

I saw some of this material at Home Dipstick a year or two ago - no idea 
what it was called.

Karl




>I share your view on replacing a working generator even though it's almost
> 20 years old and doesn't owe anybody anything. It's a 3/4" hole and I 
> don't
> think I'm equipped to handle one that large. Also, it is pretty badly
> corroded at the bottom of the hole and it doesn't look like there is 
> enough
> material left.
> Brian