head work

[chimp007_uk]

i bought a nos blydenstein head. took it into the engine shop the other day to get it cleaned and skimmed, slight scratching to face and get the valves re-cut and lapped in.

anyone have an idea of a price?

they're going to ring once they've taking it apart.

cheers guys

[mowgli]

sorry but you should have got a price from them when you dropped it off. prices can vary enormously

[chimp007_uk]

they're not doing any work without my say so... they're just taking the valves out. i'm guessing the above needs doing from when i examined it.

[Adam]

?28 inc vat i was quoted for just a 8v head skim.

Depends how much they charge for re-lapping the valves etc, i would of really got a price before even handing the head over....

[Stuart]

going on the con rates round here you will be looking at about ?100 for a skim +relapping etc.

i was ripped off by a 40+vat skim recently lol

[chimp007_uk]

they rang today, ?40 for labour, bead blasting the head and re-lapping and cleaning of valves... and ?30 for the skim...

swansea it's ?20 for a skim inc vat!!

[meritlover]

do it youself and just pay for the skim. its not like working with hydraulic tappets require any skill to set up

[chimp007_uk]

???

i couldn't find my valve spring compressor, think i left it in swansea, so let the machine shop do the work. the valves needed cleaning and the head was cleaned...

the only thing that i could have done myself was re-lapping the valves. if i was in swansea, i could have done all of it, and got the skim done for ?20 :(

[meritlover]

nature has a terrible way of treating people.
dont use a valve compressor, use a ring spanner and get a friend to pull the colletts out

[chimp007_uk]

or not...

i value my blydenstein head and the valves.

thanks, but no thanks...