Boy do I have mixed feelings here, at least you were made whole,, minus the frustration,, but I hate to see a block wasted.
Example: we broke a crank in one of the pulling tractors and damaged the "pocket" the main cap sits in, we machined the block a little wider and made a new cap a little wider ( we make all steel main caps), new line bore and good to go. saved a block that has thousands in machine work.
Apples and oranges I understand, but I hope someone finds a new cap and saves that block.
