Robbie, I was a little worried when I started drilling those holes, but what the heck, if the block is already cracked then I don't need to worry about messing it up. If it succeeds, great - if it bombs I haven't really lost anything but a cracked block. If you saw the earlier threads you may have read that I broke off a drill bit inside the water jacket. That broken bit is still there I expect, mired in the muck. But I don't care, the engine runs great!
Karl