laserspeeddemon
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- Jul 26, 2002
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Fredericksburg,
Virginia
I was looking around at engine machine shop prices near me and wondering what you all would pay for the same type of services.
I dropped my block, crank and head off with an engine machine shop near me. I called him last week and he hasn't put together a final price. I just want to make sure that I'm not going to get ripped off. What are fair prices for machine work? I am really looking for people who built the engine themselves or machinist to answer. Please don't answer if you never had these done or have done these services yourself.
Block:
Hot Tank
Align bore/hone the mains
Bored/Hone Cylinder to 86mm (0.040" over)
Deck
(Possibly: Hot Tank a 2nd time)
(possibly:Install or re-install freeze plugs.)
Final cleaning
Crank:
Clean Crankshaft
Turn/Polish Main/Rod Journals
Final cleaning
Head:
Hot Tank/Clean head
Clean Valves
Square/Resurface Head
Reface valves
Lap Valves
Final Cleaning.
Also, all the machine shops around here are filthy (including the one I took my parts too), is this common thing?
I dropped my block, crank and head off with an engine machine shop near me. I called him last week and he hasn't put together a final price. I just want to make sure that I'm not going to get ripped off. What are fair prices for machine work? I am really looking for people who built the engine themselves or machinist to answer. Please don't answer if you never had these done or have done these services yourself.
Block:
Hot Tank
Align bore/hone the mains
Bored/Hone Cylinder to 86mm (0.040" over)
Deck
(Possibly: Hot Tank a 2nd time)
(possibly:Install or re-install freeze plugs.)
Final cleaning
Crank:
Clean Crankshaft
Turn/Polish Main/Rod Journals
Final cleaning
Head:
Hot Tank/Clean head
Clean Valves
Square/Resurface Head
Reface valves
Lap Valves
Final Cleaning.
Also, all the machine shops around here are filthy (including the one I took my parts too), is this common thing?
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