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Advice needed: Dropped the engine...and found... |
PBC914 |
May 28 2011, 03:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 30-December 10 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 12,545 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
...a broken upper case! This is the first time I've had time to drop the engine and do some major work on the engine itself. I bought it this winter and was not able to view the engine closely because of all of the debris on it. It was not running at the time. It looks like the cylinder broke on top, and broker the case on the passenger side on top. I found a rusty connecting rod piece. Major bummer.
Question-is the case repairable? I want to keep the car original with the original engine. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. |
stugray |
May 28 2011, 07:08 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,825 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
I was a welder for 13 years.
I DO NOT recommend trying to fix a type IV engine case with welding. the ONLY exception would be if this was a very valuable engine/chassis mix that just cannot be split up due to originality. Otherwise, you will spend ~1/10 of the cost replacing it vs fixing it and then you will never be able to depend on the reliability. Just my 0.02... Stu |
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