[British-cars] [PreWar] are these lists still alive ?

[anngene at bellsouth.net]

Good advice, Bill.
Gene Gillam
Saucier, MS

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Subject: Re: [British-cars] [PreWar] are these lists still alive ?

> Doesn't matter.   If the crack is structural and will travel or  is
> unstable it would need to be welded, which can be done with special rod 
> and
> preheating, but otherwise it just needs to be sealed, which brazing or 
> Devcon
> accomplishes.  I would pressure test it (bearing in mind that it perhaps 
> isn't
> a pressurized system - is it thermo-siphon?) and if it isn't leaking, sand
> the brazing smooth and paint over it.
>
> Don't look for more problems than you probably have.  If the repair  seems
> stable, do not be tempted to grind it all out just because it 'isn't 
> right'
> and replace it with something else that might be cosmetically nicer but 
> is
> mechanically equivalent.
>
> Bill Spohn
>
>
> In a message dated 3/17/2010 9:19:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> mikey at b2systems.com writes:
>
> I also  need to find out the condition of the original motor as I have
> not looked  into it yet.  When I purchased the car from the original
> owner, he  said it ran fine with no noises/knocks but knocked when
> shutting down the  motor, turn off the ignition and there was a knock in
> the motor.  Last  time this motor ran was on the S. Calif. 405 freeway in
> 1968 when the  brakes went out and the car was parked until I purchased
> it.  There is  a visible crack in the side of the block that has been
> brazed, not welded,  but brazed.
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