I had some welding done on a Tecumseh 10 hp snow blower engine, whose connecting rod came through the side of the block. It cost me $85, done by a professional welder. It looked fine; but what happened was that it warped the block enough that the piston didn’t travel full stroke without binding. The block was junk. (Yes, the piston went up and down okay before the weld.) Okay, maybe I could have then paid a machine shop to re-bore it; but it just wasn’t worth it. Anyway, I’ll never have another small block welded.
Long live American manufacturing!
