Cracked housing

[firemanmike69]

I have used a product called " lock n stitch" to repair cast iron where welding would be impractical

 

[Reverser]

I agree with the others about JB Weld. I've seen it hold on some things and not for others. I wouldn't trust it for your application. If it doesn't work then you have to grind every bit of it out to repair it right. The things I've seen it work on, have been repairs with little stress and no flex to it.

I did see it work with an old Jubilee tractor I had one time, though. After I bought it, I noticed a wavy spot on the side of the engine at the water jacket area, and thought it had been repaired with welding or brazing. But my uncle looked at it and said it had been repaired with JB Weld. He said it would probably hold fine since the water jacket broke where the water had frozen at one time, and wasn't under much stress. I never trusted it, but it was still holding up when I sold it 10 years later.

I've never had much luck with JB Weld, but maybe it's just me.

 

[Whatswrong]

We had a go at welding it today ,a friend gave us a couple nickel rods but they worked so poorly for me I gave up after 1/2 a rod .The top seam was the only easy ones to get at .We ended up using Eutectic 80T-AC+ rods they worked reasonable considering how dreadful the location of the other seams were .We preheated it with a propane torch until it was quite hot then we peened the welds with the chipping hammer so will have to wait see how we make out .
I bought these rods from a shop in Montana the owner said those are almost all he sells to his farmer customers for all purpose rods. I find them slightly harder to strike than 7014 but 7014 would have been totally useless for this.