came home today and found a nice little surprise at my house, the ups guy finally dropped off my shipment from hughes.



so i got really excited and decided to start putting the parts on, but this is my daily driver and work everyday so...
so my brother gave me an old plenum from his last motor,





i spent about an hour with oven cleaner and some spray called purple power.





the thing looks practically brand new! i scrubbed it with a scotch brite pad and a stainless steel wool ball
now the only thing about this plenum is that there is a bolt snapped off next to the thermostat



my question is can i like jb weld over those two holes and just drill and tap a new one? this plenum was free and just lying in my yard. is it worth fixing?

 

lol i forgot to label my list of parts,
pacesetter shorty headers, 180 thermostat, heater by-pass hose, mopar intake bolts, hughes plenum plate and bolts, felpro intake and exhaust manifold gaskets, lock tite, liquid gasket, pb blaster, and ... battery washers

 

Can you take a side view pic? It's hard to asses the damage.

 

yeah ill take a side pic tomorrow.
i just wanted to know if i should keep modding this kegger or is it a waste of energy.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean, but as long as your learning SOMETHING, your energy isn't wasted.

 

You confused me for a minute. You said your brother gave ya a new 'plenum' by that do you mean the intake manifold or 'kegger' ? Cause you bought a new plenum from Hughes correct? If you referring to the kegger, I say it is fine, as long as you can make the correct repairs...or heck, buy a new one or guess I should say a pre-owned one. Pull one at the salvage yard if you are not feeling confident about this one. Why waste your energy on a lost cause, so to speak?

 

technically bigslick, he bought a plenum plate, which bolts to the bottom of the.....plenum!

Nice pile of parts, OP, I would lovvve to come home and find all that stuff waiting for me!

 

If it were me, I'd have a machine shop extract the broken stud, weld both holes closed, and then drill a new hole for the proper housing location.

 

thanks vw thats what i was planning but the nearest shop is like 45 mins away.

and bigslick i wish there was a junk yard that was close to me but the nearest one is like two towns over.

j415 i did learn alot by breaking down this kegger. im really not scared to do the plate anymore.

 

Pay once, cry once -- do it right the first time. The nickels you try to save half-assing it will most likely cost you dollars down the road.