To do the machining on my head and block, it's gonna cost me $900 for
the machine shop labor PLUS parts! I was preparing myself for a $300
machine shop job. Now I'm in trouble.
Here is the breakdown of the expenses - please let me know if these guys
are taking me for a ride or if it's normal.
Block -
hot tank $ 50
line honed $175
bore hone 20" $130
crank ground $125
bigends $ 48
small ends $ 48
head-
Valve job $125
check cracks $ 16
guide liners $ 48
exhaust seats $ 36
resurface $ 24
The total comes to $900 plus tax, plus I have to order the pistons,
rings, exhaust valves, rod and main bearings, pin bush myself and get
them to him when he knows what size i need.
One of the crank shim bearings had come off and the block was damaged by
the crank pushing forward or something. I think that's why he said he
had to line hone it.
The way people were talking when I got into this it was sounding like
the machine shop cost would be only a few hundred dollars. Now it's
going to end up being about $1300, at least, and I could have gotten the
whole block rebuilt and reassembled for that price by another shop I
looked at in Massachusetts.
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