[DeTomaso] Broken Block

Art Stephens artstephens at verizon.net
Mon Aug 10 20:46:26 EDT 2009


     You know John,  I had not considered that possibility,  hmmmm?  I only 
broke about half of the front left boss off,  so there is still about half 
of the boss that could rest on the aluminum motor mount.  I wonder how much 
deeper I could drill and tap that hole going into the block?

Thanks,
Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Broken Block


> 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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