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Originally Posted by 7dguy
Your son will always remember that truck and the bonding experience. Lucky kid whether he knows it or not yet.
The JB weld, it reminds me of a story. I had a 1991 Honda CR250 Dirtbike that took a 2" stone to the aluminum crankcase; putting a 3/8 inch hole in it. Rode a buddy's bike back to the truck and grabbed whatever we could find to fix it. Ended up tipping it on it's back, cleaned it with electrical contact cleaner, carefully put a wad of JB weld on a piece of duct tape and placed it over the hole. Re-filled it with one quart of automotive 10W30 and removed the tape 20 minutes later. Rode it out (15 miles) thinking I'd replace the case. Got it home and realized it had sealed perfectly and I really didn't feel like re-casing it. So I changed the gear oil, Dremelled the repair smooth and rode the darn thing for 3 years before selling it. Never leaked again...LOVE that stuff! But I don't know that I'd try fixing a chevy auto block with it...
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Your right this will be a memorable buid for my son...just hope it's not for the wrong reasons. LOL....I have blown my cool a few times on this mechanic work. I guess I'm just too out of shape for this kind of work. I purchased my first brand new truck in the fall of 1995 and haven't done any real wrenching since then. It has been a learning experience for both of us.
If I hadn't found it on the engine removal we probably would have just drove it that way and maybe never noticed it. More than likely it would have developed a major leak at the worst time.
Your story about the bike reminds me of one of my old toolmaker buddies....he acquired a mid 90s ford ranger for $400 knowing it had a hole in the manual tranny housing. He cleaned it up with a die grinder and plugged the hole with JB weld. As far as I know he is still driving with the patch job...not leaking. I guess it really depends on what and where the patch job is done.