Add to the $15 dollars about $170 to align bore new cam bearings! There is
an alternative if the machine shop can install precision bearings then
align boring is not necessary.
...Art
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, bob bownes wrote:
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> I'd second the hot tank suggestion. cart the block down to the local
> machine shop, hand it over, pick it up the next day, pay the nice man $15
> or so, and go home. Low effort, low cost, low household environmental impact.
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> At 11:28 PM 2/10/99 -0600, Gano, Ken wrote:
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> >Most automotive machine shops can "hot tank" a block. It's basically a wash
> >solution of hot caustic stuff. The "green" alternative is hot water,
> >pressure and time. I've seen some equipment recently that steam cleans and
> >rinses block over multiple hours. The one friend who has such a set up
> >swears by it.
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