When we received this, the customer was anxious to see if the extent of the damage was beyond repair. We assessed the damage – besides the hole in the side, we noticed several issues:
- Panrail area broken away
- Lower parts of #7 & #8 cylinders broken away
- Main studs pulled right out of the aluminum
- Cam tunnel and priority main oil galley area was intact
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- Step 1: Drilling, tapping & installing thread inserts for main studs
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- Sleeves removed showing lower cylinder damage
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- Lower cylinder after repair
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- Rebuilding the pan rail area
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- Pan rail area of opposite side
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- Outside view of Repair area
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- Machining pan rail area for main caps
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- Boring new cylinder sleeve
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- Completed Repair!
