Re: 359 CID Blocks Prone to Cracking?

Posted by Packard Don On 2021/3/7 11:47:40

If its just a crack in the water jacket, then by all means have it fixed. That’s a minor thing and likely happened when the block froze and had no anti-freeze in it. The cracks in mine were between cylinders and valves so were a bit more complex but even so were fixable with sleeves and valve inserts. These were good engines and no more likely to crack than any other.