Valtra
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 01:15 PM |
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Is My Block now toast ?
Finaly ripped my Fiat Twink out yesterday to solve an oil pressure problem and re-build with Microsquirt but once I'd got the head off it looks
like I have a crack in the cylinder bore I'll try to add a photo and link to it . Is the block now scrap ?
 
cracked bore !!!!
[Edited on 6/1/13 by Valtra]
"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works"
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snapper
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 01:34 PM |
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Do twins use liners? If so new liner if not its scrap
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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Valtra
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 01:36 PM |
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No I think it's a single casting 
"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works"
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 04:31 PM |
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You may be able to have it welded and then rebored but need to find a specialist. May end up cheaper getting a new block.
Jim
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Talon Motorsport
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 05:51 PM |
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Welding a cast block, not some thing I've heard of.
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perksy
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 06:10 PM |
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Have seen it done but its expensive and dependent on the quality of the repair and the skill of the bloke doing the work.
(Saw an XE block that had been repaired once and it was bloody awful )
Think i'd be looking for another block...
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 06:15 PM |
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As I said it might not be cost effective.
Here's a link to a company that I just got from a google search
http://www.langcourt.com/page27.html
- Jim
[Edited on 6/1/13 by jimgiblett]
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 06:37 PM |
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As others have said it may not be cost effective to get a liner put in if you can locate a decent S/H block. If not I would recommend taking the block
to a decent engine reconditioning company and see what they say. I did once have a set of liners fitted to a classic Mini block that had had a load
of other mods done to it because it was cheaper than having all the mods done on another block
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Valtra
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 09:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jimgiblett
You may be able to have it welded and then rebored but need to find a specialist. May end up cheaper getting a new block.
Jim
I'm hoping that a friend on here has a decent S/H block that I can salvage , he's checking it for me .
Liners wont be feasible as the bores are too close together and anyway as has been said too expensive .
Also just want to re-emphasise how absolutely bloody delicious your Alfa is  You are a very lucky (and tasteful) boy
"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works, then it works"
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