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I stopped reading to see if you had taken care of this yet Cody but I would tell you to just get it welded and be done with it. If the welder you know said "I don't know anyone who can weld cast" he really doesn't know too much. Look in the phone book for someone who is a portable welder not some guy who has only ever worked in a shop with his nice little gas wire feed. You can weld cast but it has to be either kept cold or pre-heated. Since you are only repairing a hole I think it would be pretty easy to keep cool(100f).