Starter bolt mount - not straight and not staggered? Huh?!!

[MadOgre]

I think of it like this: 500lb square edged engine block drops on my foot/ankle/leg. What would be the end result ? probably not good like leg gets amputated by engine block and when everyone ask why it fell in the first place you will feel like an and there will never ever ever be any more ever!!!

Be safe bro !!!

 

[El Diablo]

Engine Stand Bolts

Fair enough. If it breaks - I'm an idiot

Found a bigger problem though - plans to drill inboard of the old starter hole? THAT hole would come straight up and intersect the lowest right block-to-transmission thread - straight through the middle of it

- bugger!!!



I'll post some pics to help explain - but first, a word from our 'streaming expletives.....' aaaarrrrgggghhhh......

 

[Georgeb]

Here is another possability????

 

[El Diablo]

Georgeb

That might work, but might introduce more weak areas in the block for it to crack again, in a different place maybe?

 

[El Diablo]

Another fix....

Another possibility may be fix a shorter 'stud' to the transmission-block attachment point and drill up vertically behind the stud for the starter motor? Wouldn't be more than 3-4 turns in though?

I realy think I'm going to have to have a crack at Cast Iron welding to get this sorted. Crickey Mate!

Here's some pics so we're all on the same page...

 

[El Diablo]

Welding Cast Iron Block...

Is it just me? I reckon someone's prep'd this and tried to weld it previously - unsuccessfully, obviously....

 

[El Diablo]

Intake Manifold fix???

Here's some 'dodgey brothers' manifold fixin' too! What the.... !!! Nuts!

Really starting to wonder what the inside of this thing looks like?