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Originally Posted by Elarson
It's awesome that they are saving that block.
Yes...tall deck Indian Adventures block was probably late 90's/early 2000's as guessed.
Cost guess....figure $100-150 shop rate and they've been working on it a couple of days. Still cheaper than a new block.
I have a couple of strength concerns. The guy said he was using straight cast iron with no alloys...which sounds like not as good as the original block material. Also they let it cool very slowly and I get that that is probably necessary for controlling residual stresses and cracking from shrinkage. But my meager knowledge of the cast iron block material is that slow cooling tempers the CI to a lower strength.
So I think it's awesome that they are fixing the block but I doubt that it will be the full strength of the original block.
Disclaimer....I could be wrong on everything I just typed. Draw your own conclusions.
And I'm looking forward to part 2.
Eric
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Eric, it is different that the process we used. We used nickel rods, preheated the block, kept heat on the block during the welding, then covered the block with thermal blankets to let the block retain heat through the cooling process.