Noticed this little gift a week ago.
Haven't been pulling anything that would give high temps, just normal driving.
To get this out I would have to loosen the cab and lift it to pull it out.
Any thoughts or comments are very welcome.
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Too easy. Weld it up. To properly weld cast iron you need to preheat, weld, peen, and postheat.
This is a turbo.
You have your pre and post heat right thurr.
Anyway. Go talk to a professional pipeline welder in your area. Try to look for a retired old fart, they usually hang out at local cafes at the buttcrack of dawn.
Reason I say pipeliner: They're more used to welding cast materials, going to the jobsite, and welding on various things in weird positions.
Basically if you were to come to me, I would have you drive it hard all the way to the shop, shut it down, I'd run an acetylene torch over the crack for a minute or so, burn off any soot, and weld it up. Immediately afterwards, I'd tell you to drive it hard, but gradually ease up until you get to a point where you're driving normally, and after a while of that just sitting idling, and the shut down after a 10 min idle.
