Well I hate to throw ice cubes in your heart warming drink but like you I don't own a machine shop. If I owned those tools I would do my own valve job which I learned how to do back in high school in auto shop...(when they still had such things)...
Today marks 10 weeks that they've been there and when I dropped them off I was told he'd be able to look at them next week. I'm called a couple times since then every 3 weeks or so I'm get the we'll get to them next week routine. Friday a friend of mine who has an engine there for a couple of months at least or more and I went there as he's getting the old next week routine as well... His block is finished and his parts are ready it just needs assembly. And was told next week. My head's been laying there in the Box for 10 weeks now and he said Tuesday meaning tomorrow.. personally if I don't get a call by the end of the week Monday I'm just picking them up..
they do excellent work there's no question about it with the latest and greatest equipment but if he would have said 15 weeks or I don't know at least it would have been an honest answer I could rely on. I don't really even need the heads, but at this point it's just a matter of principle...
