> ,> I must say I am astonished. I thought the mark up on parts was a thing
> of
> > the past. Hell anyone can get parts from several places nowadays!!!!
> > Thats my rant.
> > Larry
> =============================================================
> Larry, many ways to look at this and the 1st that comes to my mind is you
do
> not take your own box lunch to a banquet, the machine shop has every right
> to make a profit on the parts,
My solution to all this is that I just have the machine shop do the MACHINE
WORK, and I do all the tear down and reassembly. That way I am assured of
the quality of the assembly work, as well as keeping costs down where I want
them. I purchase my parts where I like, and they are of a quality I am
familiar with. When the need arises for engine reboring, I usually have the
bores mic'd, and find out how large they will need to rebore to, and I then
inform them I will be getting the pistons, and will be back in a few days,
but to please clean the block in the mean time. This way they get my
business, as well as I getting the parts I want. I never trust a machine
shop completely anymore- and being in the auto parts business, I've heard
some interesting stories as well... If a shop is any good, their profit
comes from the machine work, and the parts mark up is only a bit of gravy on
top.
Scott
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