Re: square pockets below the internal water pipe

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

These castings have long been a source of trouble. Somewhere in the 
archives is a picture of an engine where the metal was eaten clean 
through by old coolant which leaked from the Y-pipe.

The beauty of it is, you can have it weld repaired. I don't know how 
thick the castings are, but my opinion is that it's better to have 
someone weld-repair it and keep it clean in the future rather than 
try to seal it with diamond plate.

My reasoning is, now matter how well you try to seal it, some 
moisture could get in there and just eat it away over the years. Some 
folks fill their castings with silicone which you could at least dig 
out and replace when it starts to get nasty.

I was lucky. Mine were filled with enough topsoil, acorns and lost 
hardware to sprout a garden if only enough light got under there. I 
had no damage thank God. The castings came clean and were strong.

Rich A.

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ablemanse" <s.ableman@xxxx> wrote:
> List,
> 
> I took a look at the square pockets below the internal water 
pipe
> and found mine completly full of packed trash. I cleaned it with 
soapy
> water and vacuumed it out. It is badly pitted near the bottom and on
> the side of the walls. What would be a good fix? How deep is the
> casting on the side walls and the bottom? I thought of brazing a 
piece
> of diamond plate on the top of the two pockets together,using the 
low
> temp. aluminum brazing rod. Any comments would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks, Steve