Not Fast, just "Less Slow"

Good news! called my machinist yesterday and talked to his wife and son. I was worried the owner was having serious health issues because he's a cancer survivor and I haven't been able to get a hold of him. He's just getting over a hernia operation and he's just starting to get mobile again. BTDT last year. Paul is in in his 70's though.

The other good news is that his son found my 12 rocker arms on his ol' man's desk while I was talking to him on the phone. Just where he left them. I had picked up my rebuilt head on a Sunday (his house is right next door) and showed Paul my rockers. They were worn a bit so he said he'd reface them and just left them there without any ID.

I had taken my head there disassembled and he just went ahead and reassembled it. One good thing is he checked the springs and shimmed them all to the same installed height.

Labor Costs:
Degrease oil pan and valve cover--$20
Degrease and mag cyl head--$32
Install and size guides--12 X $6 = $72
Install hardened exhaust seats--6 X $15 = $90
Grind seats and valves--$66
Surface head 0.080--$80
wash and assemble head--$34
Total $394

Parts cost:
Valve guides--12 X $1.46 = $17.52
1045/70707 Exhaust seat--6 X $6.25 = $37.50
OS-530 Intake seals--6 X $0.44 = $2.64
OS-254 Exhaust Valve Seals 6 X $1.22 = $7.32
102 Spring Shims--12 X $0.54 = $6.48
Total $71.46

Plus taxes. Always taxes.


It's really been tough to find time but I'm back on it. Two night ago I was too nervous to watch the Cavs playoff game so I went down to the garage and took the head out of the plastic bag, disassembled it, put my muffs with the built in radio on my big head and started porting. I just CAN'T put it back on untouched.