First Class Motor Services

In for Breaking for spares.
Peugeot 205 trio 3door
Most parts available

A bit of a different job today for us. Not something we usually do. Tig welding up a small hole in the rear of a gearbox casing on a VW Crafter. The welding work didn’t take that long but as with ally it’s all in the prep. Cleaned up the casing first and degreased it.
Then we ground it back to give us some cleaner material to work with.
Then to help with the weld we put a copper backing piece inside. Ran the tig torch across the areas to be welded a few times to help remove more impurities before finally welding up the hole.
Just to rebuild the box back up and re fit it along with a new clutch.
To replace the casing would’ve been up over of £800 for a new part so much cheaper to repair.