I seem to have a problem with one water passage on the block:
Can it be welded or are there better techniques nowadays? How weldable are the XK blocks?
Tadek
It can be done… by a very experienced welder.
Yea: tried the “hero mechanic who can do it ALL!!”" BS… then found out I was costing myself money.
Same goes for carpeting, tile-laying, and window replacement…
Yes it is expensive and some will try to weld it and make even a bigger mess. Make sure and get mulitple recommendations. JS
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Does the damage sit within the area of the gasket. ?
Am i the only one who thinks its odd that only one passage is affected?
The hardest part of this repair is needing to put this in an oven to preheat after its been prepped.
When I worked for a jaguar restoration in the UK they cut out the affected area welded in new aluminum and then machine and everything as it should be I can’t say it was cheap but it can’t be done
Metaloc would be a safer method. They do excellent work and it’s almost impossible to see the join afterwards.
I believe we are talking about the block here (cast iron), not the head…
David, darling - do try to keep up. Gary was describing the current fashion for bi-metallic blocks. In the early laps they lean right to help build a lead on clockwise tracks. By the end when fully hot they lean left to provide ‘plausible deniability’ at the post-race Steward’s Meeting if charged with overly-aggressive left swerves in defence of said lead. Technology - it’s wunnerful
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