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Old 02-12-2021, 12:41 AM   #6
Tim Ayers
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Default Re: Block leak help, Lending a hand!!!

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Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked View Post
If you can get a drill into the location, consider drilling it, using a special tap and put in IronTite cast iron plugs. It looks like an area that I could get into - so it is probably not a big deal to fix it this way.
I could be wrong, but don't those plugs work by over lapping them and then cutting them off and then peening them over one another? Might be tough to get in there to do all that. I also believe that part of the casting is pretty thin, so getting enough thread may be an issue.

Just a thought.

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