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Pictured inverted in the engine stand before and during the
hacking process. The plinth and orifice are the mounting point for
the water pump. |
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A close-up of the damage, and earlier attempt at repair, is shown here.
The exposed section in the this shot is where the water had forced the fibreglass
away from the block into a blister. Even a temporary repair was difficult
in situ because of the water pump and its outlet pipe running close along
the block. |
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The majority of the matting removed but plenty of filler left on the block
face; its extent outlined with a marker pen. |
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The pattern of the fibreglass matting is clearly visible; cracks no doubt
extening beneath the filler. Remnants of an attempted weld repair
can be seen running left of the core plug; even the weld has cracked.
The perpetrator probably gave it up as a bad job - and then went on to make
it even worse. |
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The offside showing my temporary repair. When the two aluminium
plates were peeled off there was no sign of my repair cracking or having
leaked. |
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The temporary repair and surrounding fibreglass hacked away. Again,
the outline of the original cover-up is shown by the black line. The
dotted lines trace the cracks. |