Next chapter in the continuing saga...

We were at the machine shop that screwed up our engine last night to see what agreement we could come to. The owner was very apolgetic and most cooperative in helping us get our engine back in shape. We presented him with a list of parts we wanted replaced that came to over $1000, and he had no problem with that. We told him if he could get the parts at a better price than us, no problem, just give us the parts. If not, give us the money and we'd get them. We agreed that we would get the exact parts specified.

He was willing to do the machine work and assembly at no cost to us also, but wouldn't pay to have another shop do the work. We decided we wanted to have the machine work done elsewhere, and agreed we would eat that cost. (Now, I just hope the new machine shop bill doesn't get too big.)

Now we're gonna get the engine to the new shop ASAP and start making some progress finally.