Welding a Taylor’s diesel heater?

[Minerva]

I “won” on eBay a fully functional and good condition Taylor’s heater last weekend. Upon delivery I noticed a crack where the chimney joins to the burner.

Before I go through the hassle of returns, is this something which could be easily welded?

 

[masterofnone]

Sorry to say you'll be lucky to weld that. A new one is about £300.

 

[NormanS]

No way is that "fully functional and good condition". Return it.

 

[trapper guy]

it doess look like it has been professionally hand bodged already.
i would return it.

 

[KevinV]

It's repairable but currently neither fully functional nor in good condition, so unless you got it for peanuts I'd be sending it back to the monkeys.

 

[Ian_Rob]

Sorry to say you'll be lucky to weld that. A new one is about £300.

Why?

 

[Plum]

I “won” on eBay a fully functional and good condition Taylor’s heater last weekend. Upon delivery I noticed a crack where the chimney joins to the burner.

Before I go through the hassle of returns, is this something which could be easily welded?



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They are good heaters. I have one. Certainly repairable but depends on how much you are willing to pay a competent stainless steel fabricator/welder on top of the purchase price.

 

[trapper guy]

at the very least, if it was advertised as 'fully functional, in good condition' then the seller lied.

 

[rogerthebodger]

IMHO it is weldable by opening up the gap to an even width and welding in a filler rod to fill the gap and welding top and bottom. I would consider using a MIG welding set.

I would use a stainless-steel filler rod and stainless steel MIG wire

 

[Plum]

They are good heaters. I have one. Certainly repairable but depends on how much you are willing to pay a competent stainless steel fabricator/welder on top of the purchase price.

I would get a quote from a repair shop and send that and the photos to the seller and give them the choice of either paying for the repair or taking it back. If you were the only one who bid on it they are not likely to want it back. Also, you can see from the fracture, that did not happen in transit/recently.

Taylors HTD5306 Diesel Burner Case

 

[rotrax]

Absolute doddle to repair that by welding. With proper preparation and a good bloke on the tools, no trouble.

When I was on the Oxy-Acetylene kit the shout would go up when a tricky job came in "Take it round Rotrax's motorbike shop-he can weld $H1t to Perspex!"

 

[Bouba]

I would first check that it is stainless….next I would see if the top of the piece is still good, it looks porous.
Anything is repairable…without the skill to do it yourself then it will be expensive and possibly difficult to find someone to repair it. I would look for a garage that repairs stainless steel exhaust pipes.
Mostly…I would return it

 

[PCUK]

Where are you based? Assuming it is all stainless then It's an easy repair if you are anywhere near J27 M5. In all cases the seller should pay for all your costs if he doesn't want it back.

 

[masterofnone]

Why?

Why Q1. Because Taylors have them in stock and because they can.
Why Q.2 Because by the time you've paid a good welder time and materials to fix that, you may aswell have purchased a new one.

 

[Bouba]

Even if you have a MIG welder at home.....a spool of stainless filler is remarkably expensive

 

[rotrax]

Why Q1. Because Taylors have them in stock and because they can.
Why Q.2 Because by the time you've paid a good welder time and materials to fix that, you may aswell have purchased a new one.

You obviously dont know the right people.............................

 

[fredrussell]

I would first check that it is stainless….

That was my first thought. I had one of these heaters - I thought that part was some sort of copper/bronze/summat else material.

 

[RivalRedwing]

E-bay is a little more challenging regarding returns. They usually require an independent report on the item before refunds are provided...

 

[PaulRainbow]

E-bay is a little more challenging regarding returns. They usually require an independent report on the item before refunds are provided...

Never been my experience. In this case, just file a complaint and attach a picture of the cracked part.

 

[RivalRedwing]

Never been my experience. In this case, just file a complaint and attach a picture of the cracked part.

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