in a pickle any machinists?

You can blah blah this and blah blah that, but Louis is da man here. That's the only sure fire way to do it and get it done.

So your saying he's the only one that knows what he's doing? I've been at this for 20 years now buddy. If you read the initial post from the OP he states the bolt is too far down the hole to weld a nut to. Its also cast heads so trying to build up weld inside the hole will just fuse the nut to head and make a worse situation.