Have an oops moment putting an engine together? At least you're not running for office. Here's how to repair a cracked engine block. This month for Hands on, we put some repair to a Cracked Engine ...

A machinist fixes a massive crack in an old cast iron engine block with a drill, a handful of bolts, and a tube of red loc-tite.

We show you how to do your own engine block repair on our own cracked 351 Cleveland, with help from Josh Sprinkle of Miller Electric.

If you work and/or play in the automotive world, you’re familiar with a product called J-B Weld. J-B Weld is a two-part epoxy adhesive (or filler): an epoxy resin (black tube) and a hardener (red tube ...

Can't weld your cracked block? Try stitching it with this trick that seems almost like magic.

By the time you notice a severe engine block crack, it will usually require a full replacement. Here are the signs and symptoms to look out for beforehand.

Still, this repair worked. While this serves as proof of the feasibility of repairing an engine block with JB Weld, there is one ultimate test of JB Weld epoxy: build an engine out of it.

Like friendship, JB Weld is magic. Rumors persist of shade tree mechanics in the Yukon repairing cracked engine blocks with JB Weld, and last month this theory was proved correct. [Project Farm] ov… ...