Need to fix a windowed block?

97crewcab

97crewcab

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Found these pics on acechassis.com thought it was interesting.
 

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I don't need one I just thought it was interesting.

I wouldn't say the motor is out of any OTR truck. I don't think they put rods like that in just any motor?
 

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Shows I needed to go to bed instead of surfin' the forms. Do those guys break rods very often? That is one high dollar hobby!

Jim
 
I think expensive is an understatement for those tractors! I wouldn't think they could break rods like that very often and still afford to do it. I could be wrong though.
 
I sold some Allis Chalmers blocks to a guy with a 3 charger alky puller...a couple of them had patches welded in...he told me those patches were way better than what he patches with...when they break a block, they just patch it with sheet metal:D:D

7000RPM 504 AC engine...a little ridiculous for sheet metal:D
Chris
 
ON industrial engines it is pretty common to stitch the blocks back together(or fix a crack) with special little plugs.

What they do is drill a hole in the crack and then tap it for a pipe plug with special cupped threads that pull the two pieces together as it is tightened. The the move their drill bit and drill another hole that overlaps the plug they just installed(so they drill out half a plug at a time if you get what I'm saying) and do this until the crack is fixed. The plugs are not very big so it takes a long damn time to do.
 
Wouldnt it be cheaper to swap blocks....v.s. the labor bill of the tedious stiching process?
 
Lok-N-Stitch works well, and you can usually do it while the block is in-frame.
 
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