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Re: Engine Rebuild

To: ninab@scoresheet.com (Nina Barton), mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Engine Rebuild
From: gramf@digisys.net (Paul/Ian Graham)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 21:01:30 -0700
At 10:40 AM 10/15/96, Nina Barton wrote:
>First of all, if any of you were at Jack London Square on Sat. Oct. 12,
>wasn't it a nice show?
>
>On to the engine.  I have a 71 BGT, which lives on the street.  No place to
>work on it myself, except in a minor way.  The mechanic I've gone to for 13
>years says that the block is cracked between #3 and #4 cylinders.  Gradual
>loss of power over the last few years, improved when I put on a new
>muffler, but then declined again.  Blown head gasket about a year ago, but
>no damage to the head.  He wants $4000 to rebuild the block.  This seems
>like a steep amount to me, I expected it to be in the $2000 dollar range.
>Granted, this is supposed to be a restoration type rebuild, but what am I
>getting for that extra 2 grand?


>Nina,
        What you are getting is taken for a ride.  Gawd, Nina, for
$4000.00, I'll bring you the engine out of my BGT.  It's been sleeved and
everything.  Change mechanics now.

Paul





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