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Originally Posted by weiRtech
i've welded up broken tranny cases before as well as waterjackets on bmw heads. it is never really that fun to do, but if the aluminum is cleaned up properly it can be done.
i think turboABA meant "machine a pocket" and making a plate with a new tapped hole in it to be welded into the pocket. that would be a bit of work but it could be done... it would be best if you could find one place to do the machining and the welding.
try grand valley welding in cambridge, they do some awesome aluminum welding. if they don't have the time or are too expensive i could give it a shot but i won't promise anything.
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Hmmm now what he said makes more sense lol. I wouldn't go down that road tho.
I'll give them a call. I appreciate the offer of doing it yourself but I want some sort of garantee or something. If I let professionals do it adleast I have a paper trail incase something happens. I just wish a block and some new bearings/rings would just fall into my lap (well not really cause that would hurt) just so it would make this problem go away. God, even the thought of dragging my B16 from shop to shop so they can look at it makes me cringe. I don't wanna deal with it at all, I just really want my engine back and scrap the new oil burning B18.