[Fot] TR head cracks

[J. Wagner]

The topic intrigued me, so I did some googling.  Seems there's a lot of ideas
out there.  This one seemed good.  (I have no experience with them...knock on
wood.)   --Justin

Cast Iron Crack repair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq0wfU4ZaKk&sns=em


http://www.locknstitch.com/metal_stitching.htm




> On Dec 24, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Doug Mitchell <dmitchel at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> You might check into an old-school technique of cold stitching. Not sure if
it works on a head, but have seen it done on blocks. Not cheap and intensive
work, but it can recover a block.
>
>
> Doug
> dmitchel at sbcglobal.net
> Sent from my mobile phone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com>
> Date: 12/24/2014  12:27 PM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR head cracks
>
> I received a picture of the head - the crack is to the point where if
> it grows any further there will be definite sealing issues on #2 and
> probably #3.B  I like this suggestion - a hole to stop the propagation
> and silver solder to seal it back up.B  I'll have to remember that one!
>
> When I went through the "cracked head" issue (mine wasn't
> repairable), someone suggested "stitching" which is a series of
> threaded plugs run through the crack.B  That's the only other fix that
> comes to mind.
>
> Cheers, Tony Drews
>
> At 05:53 AM 12/24/2014, MadMarx wrote:
>> You can stop the crack with a hole at its end and solder the crack with
>> silver solder.
>> Seems to work fine with a good success rate.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
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