<VV> Help needed Silver solder fuel fittings

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Tue Jun 24 00:13:49 EDT 2014


Ethanol laced gasoline should not affect silver solder or brazing.

BTW, the silver soldering I have done is very close to brazing, uses a 
torch the same way. This is typical in refrigeration work. Your silver 
solder is different? Maybe electronic solder with silver alloy?

Frank DuVal

On 6/23/2014 9:28 PM, Paul Michalczyk via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I'm making up some fuel fittings for a fuel injection system and need 
> to make up a Tee fitting for a fuel return. I would like to silver 
> solder some brass bits together. Will today's crummy gas affect the 
> solder? I can silver solder but brazing (my preference) would have to 
> be done by someone far away. The solder would not be the sole means of 
> mechanical connection, but will add support and sealing. Thanks.
> Paul -  65 Corsa Convert L100268 (49 years and 11 months old today)



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