TA Block Has Been Repaired

[700 AKN]

As some of you know I recently had my TA Block removed from my AAR and some damage was found that had been repaired poorly by someone.
I did not want to junk the block so I took it to a place in Mississauga called "United Welding Processes" and a month later it was done.
It cost me a bit, but was worth it for me to keep a TA Block in the car.   It's not a numbers matching block to the car and I always thought it was a factory replacement block but I see numbers.   It might be from another AAR or TA Challenger.   From the pictures you can see how it looked before & after and the number sequence.

I'm just happy that it's repaired and the engine rebuild can now proceed.   Should be done in time for Summer.

[Cuda Cody]

That's awesome!!!     Nice save.

[1 Wild R/T]

I realize you took it to a welding facility but did they actually weld it?   I know some welding shops offer the technique shown below.....
The normal repair for cracks in cast iron is a process of inserting a series of interlocking pins called Lock Stitching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq0wfU4ZaKk

[6bblgt]

what numbers are stamped on the lower passenger side pan rail & the front of the block below the driver's side head?

[Katfish]

Well done, looks like a quality repair.

[anlauto]

Amazing what a repair can look like when you have pride in your work. I'm glad it worked out for you.

[Brads70]

Wow that looks great. Do they somehow pressure test it to make certain it's fixed? 

[Chryco Psycho]

Nice Job , congrats on saving the block 

[blown motor]

That looks really good Ray.   

[kathyscuda]

don't praise 700 yet.it hasn't been tested on a 90 degree day stuck at a red light watching the temp gauge climb.

[RUNCHARGER]

Yes it looks good, I hope it sticks for you as well.

[jimynick]

Wow that looks great. Do they somehow pressure test it to make certain it's fixed? 

UWP is an amazing shop. I took my Chevy 987 aluminum heads in and they not only welded them, they finished and resurfaced and pressure tested each repair to make sure it's done properly. I got a tour through the shop and they had cylinder heads off a lake freighter the size of a Smart car and on the next bench was a BAE top fuel hemi head they were repairing! I knew I had picked the right shop. We used to use them back when the Honda engines used to break off the lft frt mount on the block and the only way otherwise to repair it was to swap out the block. Highly recommended and somewhere here I have some of their brochures. 

[Topcat]

Amazing work they did. 

I had an OEM Hemi head repaired years back.

Guy that did it was a Jedi master of cast welding. 

Not many left doing this type of thing.
Dying art.

[700 AKN]

what numbers are stamped on the lower passenger side pan rail & the front of the block below the driver's side head?

I did not see any numbers anywhere else on the block.   The pictures that I posted show the only numbers I thought were important.   The area that you mentioned is blank.   The only other oddity was a stamping that was put on the block by the guy that did the last rebuild.   His name was John Prance (RIP) on June 6th, 1991.  I thought it was rebuilt in 1989 but it was 1991.  I'll post a picture of it below.

[700 AKN]

Wow that looks great. Do they somehow pressure test it to make certain it's fixed? 

Yes, they did a pressure test and cleaned it up.   Like jimynick said they are a top notch shop and I was very impressed with the service.