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Re: [GMCnet] Removing Valve cover/ oil pan baffles [message #328644 is a reply to message #328642] Sat, 27 January 2018 10:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Kosier is currently offline  Kosier   United States
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My Eldorado pan had a baffle in the bottom of the front sump. I cut the
inside of the spot welds and got everything clean. Then we
TIG welded the baffle back in. No weld spatter and has been good for eleven
years.

Gary Kosier
77PB w/500Cad
Newark, Ohio

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From: "Terry"
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 10:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Removing Valve cover/ oil pan baffles

> Probably spot-welded together...don't know that you will be successful at
> separating them intact. Reassembly could also result in weld spatter in
> places you can't get to afterward. Maybe a long dip in diesel fuel and ATF
> will clean stuff out of those areas, but if you are really going for the
> cleanest parts it would make sense to put on some brand-new aftermarket
> covers, possibly in chrome.
> --
> Terry Kelpien
>
> ASE Master Technician
>
> 73 Glacier 260
>
> Smithfield, Va.
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