[DeTomaso] Broken Block
John Taphorn
jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Mon Aug 10 19:41:48 EDT 2009
Art
Did it break off both mounting bosses? If only one, you may be ok with ARP
bolts. I use to snap the mounting bolts pretty often. and yes, I had
replaced the old rubber spacers. My point is that I never noticed they were
broken until climbing under the car. I use ARP bolts now and never another
issue.
JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Broken Block
> Yeah, I figured repairing it assembled or even apart, would be a long
> shot, but I thought I'd ask just in case there was a "magician" in my
> area.
>
> Thanks Jack,
> Art
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> To: artstephens at verizon.net ; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Broken Block
>
>
> Dunno if an expert welder could melt on a blob that could be successfully
> drilled. Even though I've done some welding, cast iron welding still
> eludes me- getting good results without cracking an hour later is akin to
> black magic IMHO. Cast iron welding or even brazing requires preheating to
> a pretty high temperature; I think at the end, you'd have more in the
> repair than another whole engine would cost. If you're in love with that
> particular block, I'd try building a motor plate that forms the motor
> mount from a flat plate bolted to the front of the block and spans from
> one side of the subframe rails to the other (assuming the break didn't
> strike water.,...). Otherwise, I'd go look for another block and move the
> good components over. My best guess- J Deryke
>
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