Has anybody had experience getting cracks in their block welded? I've got a crack in the water jacket (outside) of my block and would like to get it repaired. It's got some form of putty on it that w
You can weld cast iron if you use cast iron welding rods and you pre-heat the area around the crack with a torch first. The idea is that you don't want to just weld on cold cast iron since it does so
It came that way from the factory. I remember when I was a kid, the vehicles of that vintage, of which there were several still on the road at that time (mid sixties) were all like that. My '58 Apac
It is the way all the ADs I have seen are meant to operate. Personally, my preference would be for the parking lights to stay on when the headlights are on, but would have no clue how to do that (esp
I have never tried to weld cast iron, but I have brazed it a few times. My brothers 55 had a cracked block when he bought it. My Dad drained the water out, burned the paint off the area with a torch
on. the That feature started in the late '60's. On The Forty, I moved the wire from the parking lights to the tail light terminal on the head light switch. Voila! Lewis - K7LVO Valley of the Rogue-Me
Although not an oletruck nor a block, I did get both heads welded (between intake and exhaust valves) on my 1968 Buick GS400 engine. I would think that in order to get your block welded you will have
Mine works the same way as you initially described also & the wiring diagram bares this out. I don't know why they started making them that way, but I heard that it got changed (to keep the parking l
I believe you are right about the motorcycle theory, Doug. Some very mean people used to see how close they could get to a bike going the opposite direction at night to scare the poor rider, I guess.