Oil Galley Plugs, another option Options

[JStroud]

I've got my case apart and all machined for my rebuild and was going to pull/drill/tap/plug my oil galley plugs. But during the process of locating all the drills taps and so forth to do the job I realized I don't want to do it. So i drove down to my machinist to talk with him about it. He said he would do it, 2-3 hr labor charge,
or he suggested 3 spot welds around each plugs so they can't come out on their own, for $20.

Has anyone tried this? Any reason why it wouldn't work?

I understand using the threaded plugs you can take them out if you want to clean the oil passage ways, but does anybody really do that once the engines rebuilt and in the car.

My thinking is just to keep them from coming out on their own, if down the road I need one out for whatever reason it could still be drilled out.

Thanks for your time

Jeff