It has about 148,000.
I'll try the machinist.
It's just that I've gotten to the point where my work and photography are being impacted in a major way. I've spent so much time on this since September, that I'm missing obligations. Securing the timing chain and pulling the cam shaft might seem like an easy thing to you guys, but I'm sure it will take me a huge amount of time. If I didn't have to do that, it wouldn't be thinking of taking it to a mechanic and having the head removed for access to the bolt (letting them do the work).
I've spent every weekend and many weekdays on this car since late August. I'm at the point where it is costing me much more in time than it would in paying someone to fix what needs to be fixed. I really want to have a finely tuned MB running my Frybrid kit, but I'm starting to reach the breaking point.
I'll write back when I'm feeling a bit better about this, I have to prepare for a meeting in 10 minutes (should have done it last night....but you know the story
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