Doug wrote:

I personally am not a fan of field overhauls, local mechanics taking
apart and engine they have never taken apart before and sending
everything out for grinding and lathe work, then reassembly, sounds
like a high school shop project and the odds are they will screw it
up. If you are lucky enough to get a local specialist (not likely with
that rare engine), and this means someone who has done it before,
recently, then it might work out ok.

Just for the record, since I said I *am* a fan of field overhauls, I'm not
talking about an overhauler who does one overhaul a year. With a little looking
you should be able to find an overhaul shop nearby, probably in your state or
the next state, that does hundreds of overhauls a year. No?

Dave
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