[kimlangley7]

I've had first hand experience with MM.

Long [sad] story short>> back in 01 I removed the exhaust valve cover and discovered three broken head studs >> which meant major work... I called around the local area to get an estimate of engine rebuild>> and going price was $10k for top and bottom end [my 80 (11 had about 248K KM] ... MM had the ad in the Panorama >> rebuild for $~3700 or so >> talked with some local guys who had good experience with MM >> so decided to go with MM.

Removed the engine > shipped it to them>> then the diagnosis started coming in .. my pistons were not up to spec..needed new cylinders....cams needed repairing [had pits in them].. needed new heat exchangers... new valves, new cat, etc ... all totaled up it came to 10,626.... // the $3700 price is if all your parts are up to spec...

I can't honestly say I'm real happy with the rebuilt engine...Had a heck of a time getting it to run correctly when I reinstalled it.. [bad cold start valve]... had to replace ignition wires, plugs, rotor, cap...

If I had had the engine rebuilt locally - I could have camped out at the rebuild shop till it was running correctly > but when the rebuild shop is in California >> then it's sing-loi...

Roy did help out with parts.. offering several alternatives >>> but all in all I would not want to repeat the MM experience