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Old 07-06-2008, 08:57 PM   #20 (permalink)
Iowachild
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Default Re: Head gasket repair

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Originally Posted by Soundguy
If you tear it down for the clutch.. why not braze the block.. would be better than jb.. etc.

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Yes that would make sense if I were planning to fix the clutch but I'm not. I made probably the biggest blunder of my life buying that machine and have already spent way too much money trying vindicate myself. I don't believe it would survive being split apart any way. Of the four bolts per side that attach the forward frame to the engine block, only one on the left side still has threads to bite in the block. The rest of the holes are stripped out. I figured I'd run it until it broke apart, it's just the clutch went first.
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