On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:45:53 -0000 (UTC), Blake Snyder
wrote:


So I think this group just doesn't do basic stuff on their cars, which I
guess makes sense since it's a "home" repair group and not a car repair
group (since things like oil changes, brakes, tires, etc., are as basic as
basic ever gets).


I've rebuilt a 352 and a VW engine from the crank up. But I took the 352 crankcase to a
shop for tank cleaning, and miking the bores. Same with the crank.
I've pulled plenty of heads and replaced plenty of intake gaskets.
Except for the VW, I let a shop do the heads. VW I ground the valves with a drill.
Done ball joints, struts, heater cores, gas tanks, mufflers and pipes, etc, etc.
But I found out long ago that it doesn't pay to do exhausts, tires and transmissions.
And if I had a failed engine nowadays and wanted to keep the car for some reason, I'd put
in a new crate engine.
Tires are a no-brainer for me. They are shop repaired. I haven't had one repaired in at
least 5 years. YMMV.