Cracked Block

yellow rose said

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.

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There is a fix that`s called metal locking also. I didn`t drain the block, just the radiator, on one of my hemi`s one year, it froze on the outer block , underneath the heads, between the freeze plugs. I had seen metal locking done on some of moble oils pipeline engines that burned, that we were overhauling at the time. I did it to that hemi, had it line honed, and raced it for 14 yrs. The car is now being restored, and the block is fine. Altho I don`t think I`d try it in the lifter galley, might be worth a look . I really think I`d junk that 340 block tho.