Cchase Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Our local car club had a member present on a repair he did on an engine block using this product. The crack was from the outside into the coolant jacket. The engine block was from a TR2. We were amazed at the successful result. It all seems to be very counter-intuitive to drill holes to fix a crack. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) They showed this cold metal stitching process on Car SOS of all places. They got a locomotive engineer to stitch a large crack in the cast iron head of a vintage something or other. he used a grinder to cut the crack deeper, drilled it in a similar fashion to the video above and then let in a strip of new material if memory serves. Absolutely beautiful work. Edited March 8, 2018 by Shackleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Car SOS have done it a couple of times now. It looks more believable in cast iron than ali to me. On ali I'd take TIGging it up any day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Can remember seeing that years ago on telly, maybe someone like Fred Dibnah (though not him) was spectating it, is a great way to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 So odd you mention him, someone just sent me word that the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre is being auctioned off. Very sad... http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15614993.PICTURES__What_will_be_auctioned_off_from_the_Fred_Dibnah_Heritage_Centre/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I remember that - I think it was this episode : and from memory it was some railway guy he found to do the stitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I’ve seen the plate that crosses the crack as well. What I haven’t seen is a side ways drilling so a length of threaded rod can be glued into the thread. I bet there have been all sort done in the past? it astounds me what will tig weld. We do cylinder heads, and that should be worse, but it seems to work just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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