Update on crack I sent a picture to Gary with Lock and s***ch he said it looked like a typical freeze crack - easy repair best part he is only about an hour away http://www.lockns***ch.com/cracked_engine_block_repair.htm Thanks to the Hemi God
I am thinking about buying the pins and doing it my self Question has anyone done this type of repair
If you are talented you can do it, however, if you screw it up then fixing 'that' will be a bit harder. So, if Gary at L&S will do it for a reasonable price then why not let the expert do the work? .
Chris, I would just send it to your guy. 392's are not a dime a dozen any more. You dont want to **** it up.
What a score! I'm not knocking your abilities but agree with the other posters, if Lock & S***ch is an hour away that might be the best route. I've been swinging wrenches for over 40 years, could do the repairs etc but taking it to the pro's wouldn't bother me a bit.
I had a cracked across my freeze plug area on my 392 and had the stichpin done to it professionally and you can not even tell where the area repaired was. That was 4 years ago and never had any issues since.
Nice score...I picked my 392 up in a F1 my buddy got from a yard. Here's to hemi powered Ice Cream trucks and Ford pickups.
Thanks guys for all the input - I am going take it to Gary - talked to him today he thought it would be about $250 for the repair and $100 to pressure test it - Love it Had no idea this could be done -thanks Hamb
Yes, it is easy to do, we used to use br*** 10-32 screws with Lock-***e. You try to center punch the last ground off screw so it looks like a perfect TIG weld CCCCCC about 1/2-3/4 of each screw showing.
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