Who to send 2.5 block to for machime work.

[wrechin2]

some of the low cost on parts and labor can be directly related to cost of living where you live..just saying and I do get your point..
I bet lots of peeps in Tennessee would be blown away if they knew what housing cost in your hood

If you read the thread you will see that he got this for that price because I was being nice and trying to help him out, not because TN is a 3rd world country. Retail on 6 sleeves with no labor is $720 and the $250 is about a 1/6 of what I normally charge for that work. Sometimes you do what you have to do to make things right.

You need to get out and travel the world. you are not the only places with expensive housing. I see 3 houses nested on top of a mountain that are well over $800,000 each every time I walk out of my front door and that doesn't include what I see when I walk around to my backyard.

[stoker2001]

If you read the thread you will see that he got this for that price because I was being nice and trying to help him out, not because TN is a 3rd world country. Retail on 6 sleeves with no labor is $720 and the $250 is about a 1/6 of what I normally charge for that work. Sometimes you do what you have to do to make things right.

You need to get out and travel the world. you are not the only places with expensive housing. I see 3 houses nested on top of a mountain that are well over $800,000 each every time I walk out of my front door and that doesn't include what I see when I walk around to my backyard.

$800K buys you a maybey a 800 square foot house in ghetto of San Francisco with no garage or yard of any kind

[wrechin2]

$800K buys you a maybey a 800 square foot house in ghetto of San Francisco with no garage or yard of any kind

So that makes you better than us here in TN due to the fact a $800K house there is a shack and a $800K house here is a 5,000 square foot immaculate house with a beautiful view and 10 acres of land so there is plenty of peace and quiet? Yep, that sound like the better place to live, crowded and living in a shack. What is really offensive is that your making it out that the higher cost of things in CA means you are better than us here in TN????? You have already proved your ignorance on the cost of machine work and what is involved by thinking that $250 was the normal price for all the machine work done to this engine simply basing it on my location and they fact you didn't read the whole thread. Most shops around here charge around $400 per sleeve but I am cheap at $225 because I make my own sleeves. I bet the shops in your area are close to that.

I was in Ontario CA for work earlier this year and drove down to Huntington Beach to finally met a guy I have sponsored in COR racing for 4 years and I also met one of the other drivers. I'm glad I did or I would have thought all Californians were dicks.....

Just remember to tell GOD how much your house cost as that will be high on his list!

[stoker2001]

So that makes you better than us here in TN due to the fact a $800K house there is a shack and a $800K house here is a 5,000 square foot immaculate house with a beautiful view and 10 acres of land so there is plenty of peace and quiet? Yep, that sound like the better place to live, crowded and living in a shack. What is really offensive is that your making it out that the higher cost of things in CA means you are better than us here in TN????? You have already proved your ignorance on the cost of machine work and what is involved by thinking that $250 was the normal price for all the machine work done to this engine simply basing it on my location and they fact you didn't read the whole thread. Most shops around here charge around $400 per sleeve but I am cheap at $225 because I make my own sleeves. I bet the shops in your area are close to that.

I was in Ontario CA for work earlier this year and drove down to Huntington Beach to finally met a guy I have sponsored in COR racing for 4 years and I also met one of the other drivers. I'm glad I did or I would have thought all Californians were dicks.....

Just remember to tell GOD how much your house cost as that will be high on his list!

I thought you might be going there...whatever
I happen to be a state mechanic that could never afford to live in SF bay area..was just pointing stuff out and ranting,nothing more or less.have a good day

[Chaz]

I wrote a dozen different paragraph's over the last week or so . I have just come to the conclusion that there are no words good enough to express the losing a loved one before their time.
James I was thinking of you the other night when I turned down a sleeve with the set of mandrel's you inspired me build .
Lil outta the hole - Lil off the sleeve , some custom fit $hiz ...
Thank ya kindly sir , your a dayum good man ...

[wrechin2]

I wrote a dozen different paragraph's over the last week or so . I have just come to the conclusion that there are no words good enough to express the losing a loved one before their time.
James I was thinking of you the other night when I turned down a sleeve with the set of mandrel's you inspired me build .
Lil outta the hole - Lil off the sleeve , some custom fit $hiz ...
Thank ya kindly sir , your a dayum good man ...

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I think of him everyday. I have a voice mail that I listen to and it tears me up each time I hear it. I know it will get better with time and I will
see him again one day.

I thought of you the other day. I saw your spanner nut tool and thought about writing a program to cut out the pieces but is a lot of metal. I think I could do the factory style a little cheaper so you can sell them for $20 But would have to be welded in 3 places and would have the correct ID tube for the fat shaft. I had to modify mine for the fat shaft.

[JPEROG]

Charlie, is any of my stuff moving towards the operating table?

Joe

[Chaz]

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I think of him everyday. I have a voice mail that I listen to and it tears me up each time I hear it. I know it will get better with time and I will
see him again one day.

I thought of you the other day. I saw your spanner nut tool and thought about writing a program to cut out the pieces but is a lot of metal. I think I could do the factory style a little cheaper so you can sell them for $20 But would have to be welded in 3 places and would have the correct ID tube for the fat shaft. I had to modify mine for the fat shaft.

Seems like whenever I need my ground wire hooked back up , an old family album or two show up on my desk . Helps me remember whats really important in life .

Hey , as long as a 240 pounder can stand on the handle , whilst I hit the body with my baby sledge , more than once , then yep , I think we can get 20 bucks for em ...

JPEROG

Charlie, is any of my stuff moving towards the operating table?

Joe

Joe ,
Here is my shopping list for Christmas . Then I can put the shorty together ..

I'll call you after I get opened up at 9:00 ..

[wrechin2]

Hey , as long as a 240 pounder can stand on the handle , whilst I hit the body with my baby sledge , more than once , then yep , I think we can get 20 bucks for em ...

What do you think. This is a quick drawing of it in cad. I love your design as I have broken many breaker bars trying to loosen make. Make it out of 1/2 steel and weld a flat plat on it to beat on and whale away with a 2 lb sledge!!

[tux974]

Seems like whenever I need my ground wire hooked back up , an old family album or two show up on my desk . Helps me remember whats really important in life.

Hey , as long as a 240 pounder can stand on the handle , whilst I hit the body with my baby sledge , more than once , then yep , I think we can get 20 bucks for em ...

Chaz, that first sentence is so, so very true!
Always keep good memories and stuff in the office close!....

Wonder who that 240lb's is?.....

What do you think. This is a quick drawing of it in cad. I love your design as I have broken many breaker bars trying to loosen make. Make it out of 1/2 steel and weld a flat plat on it to beat on and whale away with a 2 lb sledge!!

James, very nice buddy!....

Happy Holidays guys!.....

[vnemous]

ours is beat flat on both sides of the handle so thats where the beef should be JMO

[TEXAS20225]

Ah good old California the land of fruits and nuts , james dont let that rent no space in your head the state is know for the most outrageous pricing for every single thing it sells i been using you a long time and i know for a fact ive found no one any better at any price, kevin is just jealous because he gets raped on every thing he buys

[wrechin2]

ours is beat flat on both sides of the handle so thats where the beef should be JMO

That is what I meant. Weld a flat plat 90 degrees from flat area to beat on.

[JOSEPH SHULMAN]

James,

We could also use a Mercury Pinion nut adapter tool made from steel not the cheap aluminum ones the dealer sell and eggs out after a couple of cases.

[wrechin2]

James,

We could also use a Mercury Pinion nut adapter tool made from steel not the cheap aluminum ones the dealer sell and eggs out after a couple of cases.

Tool number?? Pic? All my lower tools are steel except the shift shaft tool.