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Block repair; crack in the area of water jackets #1351932 12/15/12 10:46 PM 12/15/12 10:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,828 Houston, Tx hemi68charger OP master
hemi68charger OP master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,828 Houston, Tx	Hey gang.. Looking for some guidance and/or experience with repairing a block. I have a friend with a true survivor '68 Charger R/T 440 4-speed. Recently, he was chasing a pesky coolant leak. Well, turned out it wasn't freeze plugs, it was a crack, two of them, in the block over the water jackets. I've heard of people over the years repairing blocks, even so much as holes from a thrown rod on 426 Hemi blocks. Sooooo, what technology or techniques are out there for such repair? It would be a shame to not be able to save the original block. He's in the Central Colorado area, so Denver and/or Grand Junction would be nice if anyone's out there. If not, at least let us know the technique.. Thanks.. Troy Troy Houston Mopar Connection Club '69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi) '69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana '70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)

Re: Block repair; crack in the area of water jackets [Re: hemi68charger] #1351933 12/15/12 10:50 PM 12/15/12 10:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq0wfU4ZaKk "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Block repair; crack in the area of water jackets [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1351934 12/15/12 10:58 PM 12/15/12 10:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	I agree....Stitch welding is the way to go, works EXCELLENT and can be dressed afterwards to hide the repair almost completely.

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