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Re: Cast Iron Block Welding - not strictly LSR

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Cast Iron Block Welding - not strictly LSR
From: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:53:24 -0700
Dick, I repair cast iron blocks and heads with iron plugs/pins. Check 
out Irontite or locknstitch. I like the locknstitch method best, but 
irontite works just fine. You can then drill and tap into cast iron just 
like the parent material.
Doug Odom in big ditch

Dick J wrote:

>I need to fill a stripped hole in the block on my farm tractor, and then 
>re-drill and tap a new one.  I no longer have an arc welder.  Is there such a 
>thing as high-nickel wire for a mig welder which would allow me to do this job 
>with my mig using CO2/Argon mix?
>   
>  Dick J




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