The Ford Barn

Jack E/NJ · 01-17-2011, 09:24 AM

Paul in CT wrote >>>J.B. Weld ?? Nothing to lose.>>>
Then Ken/Alabama wrote >>>I then mixed up a whole tube of J.B. weld and kept poking it into the hole then cut a piece of sheet copper and clamped it up overnight. That engine is in a friends 40 and has never leaked a drop after all these years and several thousand miles.>>>

OK, Big Shark. After carefully considering all the suggestions, Paul's & Ken's seemed best to me.
And if JB Weld doesn't work, then you can try Ronnie's, 19Fordy's & Ol' Ron's suggestion of rounding out the hole with a drill and simply plugging or tapping for a threaded pipe plug.
Then if all the above nothing-to-lose fixes don't work, then you can try the more risky almost everything-to-lose fixes.
Those are my opinions, and I'm sticking to them. 8^)
Jack E/NJ
PS: I think Sturgis 39 had some words of wisdom that might well apply to your situation --- "if it can't be fixed with bailing wire, JB Weld or ducttape, it can't be fixed."

01-17-2011, 09:24 AM	#15
Jack E/NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,272	Re: welding a block Paul in CT wrote >>>J.B. Weld ?? Nothing to lose.>>> Then Ken/Alabama wrote >>>I then mixed up a whole tube of J.B. weld and kept poking it into the hole then cut a piece of sheet copper and clamped it up overnight. That engine is in a friends 40 and has never leaked a drop after all these years and several thousand miles.>>> OK, Big Shark. After carefully considering all the suggestions, Paul's & Ken's seemed best to me. And if JB Weld doesn't work, then you can try Ronnie's, 19Fordy's & Ol' Ron's suggestion of rounding out the hole with a drill and simply plugging or tapping for a threaded pipe plug. Then if all the above nothing-to-lose fixes don't work, then you can try the more risky almost everything-to-lose fixes. Those are my opinions, and I'm sticking to them. 8^) Jack E/NJ PS: I think Sturgis 39 had some words of wisdom that might well apply to your situation --- "if it can't be fixed with bailing wire, JB Weld or ducttape, it can't be fixed."