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DinNC · #46 05-12-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldwolf

Hey DinNC...I see you live near me. Who do you use as a mechanic when you have something to fix you can't do yourself?

I always take our cars to A Better Wrench in Chapel Hill. They are very wonderful to deal with and will be straight up with what has to be fixed, and is recommended. I tell everyone that I know that has a Merc, to take it to them if they need service.

DinNC · #47 05-12-2009, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by milner351

sleeving a block may very well cost more than a good used engine.

Yeah, I am getting quotes of $500 a cylinder

DinNC · #48 05-12-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by vstech

IF you need a new block, your head is OK, just put your head on the block.
have the valves and guides rebuilt. and you should be good to go. that way you don't have to search for a motor with a pump! go ahead and replace the timing chain and gears while you are at it.

oh, and get a set of odometer gears to replace the worn out ones in your odo. ignore the 123 method of repairing your odo. the 81 uses the electronic speedo like the SD's do and will need plastic gears replaced.

Any good used motors out your way??

hey_allen · #49 05-13-2009, 07:35 PM

I have to wonder what the shops are smoking, to be quoting $500/cylinder!

The last I looked, the sleeves were ~$20 per cylinder. Admittedly that's just the part, and will require the work to install and then machine it flush with the top of the block, but I suspect that if you bring a competent machine shop a bare block and a few sleeves, the price should be back in a sane range. Maybe $500 for the work total?

The last time I had machine work done, I was getting a head straightened and welded (warped aluminum head with cracks between valves on a gasser) and I was out the door complete for $250. I know it's a little different work being done, but that per cylinder quote strikes me as far out of line for the work actually required.

Maybe they were thinking that they'd be machining the current cylinders and installing a repair sleeve, rather than removing a sleeve and replacing it?

piccolovic · #50 05-13-2009, 10:47 PM

I agree with the gentleman who asked what they were smoking

You would probably have to bring in the short block to a machine shop, have them install the new sleeves, and plane the top of the block . . . then put in the ring kit, have the head also planed and rebuilt.

Otherwise . . . think it would be easier all the way around to get a good junk yard motor.

pawoSD · #51 05-13-2009, 11:42 PM

I agree that price is way too high. I bet the shop saw the MB star and vastly inflated the price.