Cracked Block

Rocket said
This is a bad picture but this is the lock I mentioned earlier a friend of mine had that was repaired at UWP. Had a similar type crack due to freezing. Someone tried to do a bronze rod repair which did not work. I did not get a picture of the block post repair but when I looked at it you could not see where the repair was. Shop that did the work after the repair pressure tested it and all was good. Block was put together and runs great.

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Did the weld in that picture leak?

I have done welding on some old blocks. One I remember was an old Oakland that was essentially unreplaceable. I did the welding in 2000 and he died in 2008. His kid still drives it. So it can be done. It's just a pain in the can.