Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

I'll simply relay a sad story of an SDL that I saw at the shop in Raleigh that does quite a bit of M/B work. Vehicle came in with 425K on the clock with a heavy rattle from the engine. They pull the head, find out the tensioning rail is partially destroyed, and note that the head is cracked in three places.

What do you do with that? He's already into the shop for $1K just to take it down. He can't get it back up for less than $4K and then he'd have a lower end with 425K on the clock. Just senseless.