What to do with a busted block

[Wallyman]

I have this 4.0 engine block sitting in my garage with a gaping hole where i threw a rod. I have taken everything off of it minus the crank, cam and harmonic balancer.( because i have no puller for it) What can be done with this thing? do scrap yards buy blocks? My wife already shot down the "paint it yellow and use it as a flower planter" idea.
And i dont have a boat, sooooo....

 

[Only In A Jeep XJ]

Turn it into your local scrap metal facility. You should get enough out of it to at least take the family to the movies.

 

[SpartyKrunk]

Yep. Scrap metal. Should get like $30.

 

[x2elite]

I turned one into a coffee table once, but it was a V-8 block.... LOL Let me see if I can round up a pic.

 

[x2elite]

It was pretty similar to this.

 

[magimerlin]

I turned one into a coffee table once, but it was a V-8 block.... LOL Let me see if I can round up a pic.

You mean like this... not mine...

 

[x2elite]

Exactly like that.... saw one on TV, and had to do it. So I took an old Chevy 350 I had laying around, and did it. Must have gone through like 10 cans of degreaser though. Might be a little harder to make it work with an inline motor though.

 

[Wallyman]

Thats F'in sweet. Mabye an unright wine bottle holder though? Clean it, crome it weld a base on it. or mabye for my rum to... hmm... thanks for that idea.

 

[USAFXJ]

end table!!

 

[old_man]

Around here the scrap iron prices dropped like a rock about a year ago. I would be surprised if they gave $5. Good luck.

 

[USAFXJ]

still say end table or really cool wine bottle holder.

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

I really want to do the coffee table.

 

[x2elite]

I liked mine other than the fact it was so F'in heavy. LOL. Everyone thought it was the coolest thing in the world though.

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

I was going to make one, but got a furnished apartment instead.

 

[avnsteve]

tack some 1/2" plate across the cylinders and use it as an anvil...

 

[MischiefMan]

The show Top Gear has/had a Porsche 928 motor as their coffee table base.

I REALLY like the wine rack idea though!

 

[USAFXJ]

Top Gear is the best show on TV, period!!!

 

[MischiefMan]

I couldn't agree more!

DG and I have always thought it would be fun to set up some of those challenges.

Maybe 2011 ROM we can do something like that. $200 XJ Challenge