That sounds outrageous. Call around. I only spent $145 on machining
this time around, including boring .020, polishing the crank,
resurfacing flywheel, mounting the piston on the rods, etc etc, plus
freeze plugs and testing the head for cracks. The most I have ever
spent was about $275. I got my head remanufactured for around $200 this
time, too, including valve job, new seats, etc (and fixing the crack by
welding instead of plugging). Shop around!
adrian
Eric Mumford wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> e
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