ANother use it or scrap it block question..
I got a 12 HP engine with my 122 that unfortunately had been dismantled by gorillas with hammers. I am currently putting a 1250 engine in, using the externals and bearing plate off this engine..
The question is can gouges in the cylinder head gasket surface be repaired?
It looks as if the gorilla team used a sharp chisel to separate the head from the block, or maybe they were scraping the gasket surface with a hammer and chisel, anyway there are three gouges halfway across the gasket surface that are almost 1/16 deep. Worst part it they are right next to a head bolt.
If I could weld them and file them flat it would work, but welding cast iron that near a bolt hole is scary.. even brazing might work.. but again.. heat and cast iron aren't something I am comfortable with.
If it were machined flat you would have to take a lot off and the piston top might even stick up a hair.
SO is it junk?
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Quietlines and narrow frames, mostly projects but I mow with a 1200 and have a 122 set up for pulls. Wandering the country bringing towers to wind farms everywhere, and bringing yellow stuff home to Texas. Also into flatfender jeeps.
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