Listers:
What's the average time for a B engine rebuild? I know there are lots of =
variables here, but for a good, "I've never done this before", take your =
time and do it right but don't dawdle rebuild, how many "man-hours" =
er..., "person-hours" ;) are we talking here? Rough estimate?
Like a couple of other folks on the list, I'm military, so have access =
to the "Auto Craft Shop" on post which has every standard tool one could =
want, lifts, hoists, stands, etc, but its $2/day for the space, and I'm =
pretty sure they'd want me to move it to the storage lot while the parts =
are in the machine shop.
Just wondering, because this is something I'd really rather do myself, =
if nothing else for the experience, not to mention the $$$ factor!
TIA
Dan
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From: Skip Kelsey
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 1997 6:18 PM
To: Nina Barton; Mike Hartwig; Larry A Hoy
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: engine considerations
Nina:
Good luck!
Skip............At 01:27 PM 10/23/97 -0700, Nina Barton wrote:
>At 1:20 PM 10/23/97 -0500, Mike Hartwig wrote:
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>>I'll have spent around $1000 in parts and machine shop work for my '70 =
B.
>>Free labor puts total at $1000. Consider rebuilding yourself.
>>It's rewarding and you get to learn a lot. Plus you get grease all =
over
your
>>hands. Cooool!
>>
>>jay
>
>Yeah, and I'll get the added experience I always felt I missed out on =
as a
>high schooler - auto shop!! I made the mistake of taking cooking =
instead.
>Seriously, with the expertise of this list, and the MG friends made in =
the
>past year, I'm seriously considering doing it myself. Just have to set =
up
>a workbench and save enough out of my monthly budget to afford the =
parts.
>Wish me luck! Nina
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