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In my teens I worked in a welding shop, ca 1965. The shop owner was a master welder having done that in the military and for a heavy construction company before he went on his own. One day someone brought in a 392 Chrysler Hemi engine cracked from freezing. I recall that he drilled a series of holes along the crack that went the whole length of the block. He used cast iron rod and welded from hole to hole, much like one does with sheet metal. In the end it was ugly but didn't leak when back in the car. I think it came out of a 58 Imperial so it was still worth some money at the time. Not saying that's what you should do but I saw it done many years ago.