Hi David,

Where are you, geographically? You certainly can't be in the San Francisco
area... Not if you're talking about a complete rebuild, anyway. Here the
installed price of decent rebuilt waterboxer engine is $3000 MINIMUM. And
that is overly optimistic. I usually quote it at $4000 and almost always do
it for less, but it's certainly possible to go over. I would be real careful
to find out just what is going to be done (Rebuilt heads or new? If rebuilt
what procedures are used? Three angle seat cut? All new valves or reground?
New pistons and cylinders or re-ringed? New cam and lifters or re-ground?
New oil pump or reman? New clutch parts? New waterpump and thermostat?), and
to get it in writing. Or are they friends of yours? Even so, they would have
to be REAL good friends to do the whole job for $2200...

What about it out there -- Could I get a sampling of prices for this job
from around the country? I'm curious to know if I'm living in an isolated
bubble, or is our pricing comparable to, say other metropolitan/upscale
neighborhoods.

Coby

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Shepherdson [mailto:shepherdsond@metro.dst.or.us]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 5:46 PM
> To: cobys@well.com
> Subject: RE: Head change/engine replacement on 84, info needed -Reply
>
>
> Thanks for the info.  I have low oil pressure so a rebuild is in
> order.  A local shop have offered to rebuild mine for $2200 which
> is not much more than it would cost me to do it myself so I think
> I will cross my fingers and take it to them.
> David