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That crack can also be welded. Any good welder that is worth his salt will use low temp rods and do a good job. You can solder it for a temporary fix. Just drill the ends of the cracks so it doesn't keep on cracking. Sometimes it is more important to keep the orignal engine than put something new in. I have had blocks welded where they have put them in a brick kiln and heated them up to around eleven hundred degrees(bright red) and hot welded them. But then we didn't throw things away like they do now, we fixed it.