QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Jul 14 2003, 12:00 PM)
I'll help draw some attention to your post.
Welcome to the board !!
I used to recommend GEX until they screwed over a couple of friends.
I honestly build my own bottom ends... so I dont really know of a "supplier" per se.
B
Thanks, Brad. Looks like there's lots going on here, so I plan to stick around. I'm not
just here to beg for help
To give a little more information about this project: What I most likely need is valve guides - a big pain in the butt from what I understand.
So, in order to save me some cash, my ex-husband has graciously offered to do this rebuild for me for the cost of parts and some tools - not a bad deal. But I'd rather save him the headache of splitting the case, so we were thinking to just get a new long block and be done with the hassle (as if there's any such thing as a hassle-free engine rebuild).
The car is my daily driver, so I can't afford to be without it for a very long time, especially not during the school year. I can walk to work, but school is a whole different story. I need the rebuild to be as painless as possible, although having been through several other air-cooler rebuilds I know that that's a laughable concept. I guess I should say "as painless as possible - all things considered."
Maybe it would be a better idea to just do the valve guides and only deal with other problems if they show themselves in the process of that job?
One thing is for sure: I'm not getting rid of the car. I love it to distraction