I'm perfectly aware that I can get two heads for this car for $100 each from a junk yard, which are guaranteed. And yea, these guys are bandits, I called them and told them not to touch those heads anymore, just do the surface and leave it, they had the same price for the surface like all the other shops fortunately.

I also found a good engine for $600, but I have two cars like this, exactly alike, and the other one will probably need the same work done on it soon. I thought I'd turn this into a lil hobby project, but I'm not getting much positive feedback. I also don't want to abandon this completely, I'm looking forward to putting the car back together.

In either case, once I get the heads back on monday, I'll know which guides need to be replaced for sure. Depending on the difficulty of it I'll decide if I will do it, or put them on the shelf for a time when I have money to rebuild them for the other car while this one gets the two from the junk yard.

I also don't know if it's just me, or if in the States car mechanics are a lot more honest then here in Canada. I have yet to find ONE, that does not try to rip me off from the moment I walk in to his shop.

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1985 190E 2.3L - a constant project.