AOD Transmission Blues!

Hey guys, well, here's a good one. It was fun......Said No one ever!
Actually, I was really surprised how well it turned out. Kick back and watch the process. Although, you may need to turn down the volume. The annoying buzzing stinks. Either way, I hope you learn something from it and thanks for the support in advance. Here are a couple of links of the tools I use.
Tig Welder: @usaweld

[mshort]

Years ago I built a big stupid 4wd Chevy. My aluminum bell housing for the manual transmission had a 5” crack. At the time I was a dumb kid but a friends dad was a lifelong pipeliner. Roger had never used a high frequency tig. I watched him gouge the crack on both sides with a burr and proceeded to gas weld that cast aluminum bell housing with oxy acetylene. It was a beautiful bead. That bell housing was probably the only thing I never broke behind that 502” big block. Sadly, Roger succumbed to cancer back in 2005. He was like an adopted father figure to me. I’ve tried to duplicate his weld and only succeeded in making a mess of it. Isaac, your mannerisms are a lot like his. Thanks for bringing us along. May God bless you and yours.

[ianpendlebury]

Your welding skills and your laid back commentary ("Oh well, it is what it is") always bring a smile to my face. Please keep making your videos.

[martymorse]

Issac, Your ability to be so relaxed with no demonstrative quotes about how skilled you are or responding to something that does not work with open cussing makes your videos so enjoyable.

[bobqzzi]

Sometimes I look at the stuff you're attempting and just go, "no way!" Yet, every time you get the job done. Remarkable

[joesotelo]

A cracked block now a broken transmission.
Your turning this into a machine shop channel!
You are Awesome

[stancataline]

Of all the YouTube videos I watch, , , when i see yours come up i go there first, , , , i learn alot and always amazed at your abilities. Your the

[paulhammond]

Issac knows when to leave a 'weld' alone. It's a life skill that is acquired during an apprentiship in the university of life. 😊

[georgeantonaros]

Great job, Isaac !!
I have repaired several items of cast aluminum as you are doing here. Sometimes, good enough is good enough!! 🤗

[arustydodge]

Well done, ISAAC. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Love implementing the 4043 to keep it ductile. If it cracks, it won’t occur in the areas you repaired! 👍👍
Thank you for another lesson!🙏😇🙏

[hank]

Isaac When it comes to the impossible You again do it up Perfect, Thanks for showing us how it can be done!!!

[bubbagreensmith]

Isaac at his trickery again! Amazing skill and patience 👍

[ruthbees]

You so right when you say it's broke. Cannot get any worse. My friend is a farmer and used to say to me we can only make it better. He did all his repairs with his father. When you have to save something because of the cost and if your losing money with downtime you will find a way to get it done.❤ Ruth

[jasonlevernier]

I say you are a miracle worker and you done as good of a repair as could have been done. Welding on that old dirty material is very difficult but you pulled it off!

[johnglasgow]

You are right by quitting at the right time. If it works, don't fix it. First goal is the strength of the weld. If you can make it beautiful, bonus. I like the variety of the projects. And as a professional, you make look so easy. Great video.

[mrbill]

Amazing---didn't think that was even possible !!

[harryman]

Issac. Brilliant job mate 👍👍👍. And I think it would definitely 💯 win a beauty contest. 👍👍👍

[BigTruck]

I loved the left & right gloves marked right & left.

[davidwhitson]

Small block C6, those cases were sort of rare even "back in the day". Amazing workmanship as always.

[MrRebar]

*I C Weld* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.

[markreetz]

Aluminum seems like such a tough metal to weld. I appreciated your willingness to stop working for the beauty contest winner and settle for "Miss Congeniality" haha! It looks pretty good to me. You know most of us would be happy with Miss Congeniality! Lol!