Head/Valve Cover Broken Bolt Ear

[750turboguy]

Just discovered this...

Any ideas on how to fix this? Somehow I don't think epoxy is going to hold.

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[Swiftandswank]

If mine I would jbweld and just go with it since it's just a valve cover bolt hole

[750turboguy]

Actually I found something way better... I remembered an infomercial I saw on TV way back when I was in my thirties... An amazing welding material called "Alumaloy." Alumaloy is a rod made out of an aluminum composite that can be welded with a simple propane hand torch. In that infomercial they actually fixed a similar problem. Just heat with the torch, apply the rod a bit at a time until it heats up and flows and fill in the area under repair. Then grind and file to shape, drill, thread and away you go.

You can find them online... They have an impressive video on their web site but here is the link.
www.alumaloy.com Skip ahead to 18:14 to see the ear repair.

I ordered today...

[rangeroy]

Devcon plastic steel putty maybe? if your alu rods dont work