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Chief
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Okay to solder the air filter pipe?

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Hi,
I'm in the process of cleaning up the air filter, and the larger pipe on the lid has a couple of small hairline cracks round the very base of it.
Is it okay to solder them, or does the air filter get too hot for solder to stay in one piece when the engines running. (or do some people just use duck tape :D ).

Thanks :)
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Post by bmcecosse »

You can try to solder it - but i doubt it will last. Better chance of success with brazing.
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It would be wise to remove and refit the pipe before it falls off. It can be brazed/soldered by cutting a few slots at the filter end of the pipe, shoving it through the hole, bending the slotted tabs over and soldering with a 300W iron, or brazing. A lot of Minors have that pipe missing :D
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Post by Chief »

Well these were a really small hairline fracture at the base, so not quite ready to fall off.

Also it was brazed about 3 or so hours ago by our local garage (for free! :) ).
Now just gotta prime/paint it ... when the rain goes away :)
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Chief wrote:Well these were a really small hairline fracture at the base, so not quite ready to fall off.

Also it was brazed about 3 or so hours ago by our local garage (for free! :) ).
Now just gotta prime/paint it ... when the rain goes away :)
Free is my favourite price :D Nice to see some garages still giving loyal customers some freebies. :D
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I would have thought that brazing it would make it very brittle.
If it is still in one piece at the moment you could do what I did which was
make up a thin aluminium angled bracket which was then pop riveted to the pipe/base plate. It stops future vibration from fracturing the thin metal and doesn't show up when painted.
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Post by Orkney »

Sounded like a job for chemical metal !
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Post by bmcecosse »

Could be ! It's not safety critical.
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Post by IaininTenbury »

Or just weld it. If you go carefully with a gas torch it should be ok.
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what effect if any does it have to have the pipe missing
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With no pipe it will not pick up as much warm air which could effect the running in cold weather although these days we don't seem to have really cold winters (famous last words)! You might hear an increase in induction roar too!
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Post by IaininTenbury »

Thats true, theres a formula for working out the optimum length and bore of the inlet tube, for air flow and silencing, not that I can remember it these days tho... It was in a text book from higher education days!
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For example, I cut an additional 1 1/2" hole in the air filter casing to aid air flow(where it wouldn't show) and the increase in induction roar was quite marked so I quckly plated the hole over!
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