Haa Anyone Successfully Repaired and Salvaged a Front Engine Rail
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Has Anyone Successfully Repaired and Salvaged a Front Engine Rail
The reasons this is not recommended are well know however in as much as these are VERY expensive pats I'm wondering whoever has attempted this successfully and if so what was repaired and how?
Last edited by johnrmclean; 05-06-2024 at 07:20 AM. Reason: spelling
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The front engine cradles on the E-type are made of a special Reynolds square-section tube made of their steel alloy called 531. Normal welding is not possible with this alloy, so all frames made by Jaguar were bronze welded, (note - NOT brazed). Reynolds 531 tubing is no longer made and new steel-based alloys are now used. New frames made by Jaguar specialists like Martin Robey use a different alloy, with the same square section and are bronze welded like the old frames.
The big problem with repairing these frames is that like all steel items, they rust and the rust is always on the inside, so unseen. Over time, this rust can seriously affect the strength of the frame, and this rusting on the original frames will have had 50 years to do its worst.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144804451...saAu0wEALw_wcB
https://www.martinrobey.com/jaguar/e...ne-side-frames
https://rexarc.com/blog/difference-b...based%20alloys.
The big problem with repairing these frames is that like all steel items, they rust and the rust is always on the inside, so unseen. Over time, this rust can seriously affect the strength of the frame, and this rusting on the original frames will have had 50 years to do its worst.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144804451...saAu0wEALw_wcB
https://www.martinrobey.com/jaguar/e...ne-side-frames
https://rexarc.com/blog/difference-b...based%20alloys.
Last edited by Fraser Mitchell; 05-06-2024 at 04:00 PM.
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