Quote Originally Posted by ewendc2r View Post
But the work you are talking about still requires me to pull the block out of the car which means its unlikely to be useable for at least 1 wk (and be a pain in the ass to get it to a workshop & expensive if I get them to do it all)..
look, seriously, no offence intended, but if this is your position/attitude/situation...

quit NOW.

the equation is: figure out how much it will cost and how long it will take and multiply one of those by two and the other by three...

it is random which costs 3x more more or takes 3x longer...