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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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i was porting my cast heads and ground a little hole into a water jacked in the bowl. what should i do?
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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Just slap some JB Weld on there

Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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really what should i do?
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Get out a large trash bag
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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ive been told to have it brazed or welded.
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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You can try, most people say if you port into the water jacket ........ you just trashed it

take it up to a local machine shop that specializes in re-manning cylinder heads,
see what a head rebuilder says and what he thinks the hopes of the repair holding up are.
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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I would get another head... if it leaks you gotta take it all apart agian and do it all over
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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yeah, I bet you can pick up a used bare E7 head for like a $100
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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Just slap some JB Weld on there

beat me to it
Old Oct 23, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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I got a set of E7's that need cleaning and are ready for machining. for 150 plus shipping. Send them to Thumper in Jacksonville...



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