Reply to "Seeking recommnedations for an engine rebuilder in Germany or Europe"

rene4406Member

ThaThat's exactly it, I only need a machinist, I chose the parts myself, taking a lot of inspiration from George's advices, and I'll do the reassembly myself too.

BUT,
- Shipping costs between France and the US and return for an object as heavy as a block engine + crankshaft + cylinder heads, +, +, + .... are very high

- if, when I measure all clearances there is a problem, I can hardly return the block or a head to the US.

This is well a shame because I think you have many more good machinists in the US than in Europe and especially in France. I think it's due to the fact that in Europe we have the right to change very little about our cars and even nothing at all in France and moreover qualified manpower becomes very rare, garages do not do more than standard trade with factory-rebuilt engines because they no longer have workers who are able to dismantle and rebuild an engine.

9/19/1812:33 PM

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