[southfork]

An old mechanic/welder near me used to weld up blocks with massive damage. He once showed me a block where he'd nickel-welded about six pieces of cast together that had been knocked out the side of the block in his pickup. It looked like a puzzle, but the engine didn't leak afterward. after seeing that, I asked him to weld the end of my Model T engine block where a 1 X 2 inch piece of water jacket had broken out due to freezing. That weld is pretty. He'd heat the block with a torch before using the nickel rod, and he'd skip around when doing the arc-welding.