Hi Mike,
Yes collecting my parts block, pump cover etc in the morning, cost was £353 all in for full balance rods end to end, then as sets pistons, crank, flywheel, rebore to 0.5, using deck plate, reface block, reface head, renew all core plugs, clean out block oil gallery, retap holes with bolts, polish the 200,000K miles crank, supply big end shells, supply mains, pocket pistons, well happy with the cost tbh, will start assembling at weekend, as have to spend 6 odd hours scrubbing and prepping block first, so pretty much a day on that alone!!
Checked and he has profiles for BD 8/10/12/14/15, as well as many others, he's doing me a pinto profile on me gf's astra merit to pep it up a bit as well!!
Been fixing me dads 4i today, he's got mot booked, then it decided to have major lecky issues, no dash lights but started and ran perfect but no voltmetre or oil pressure gauges no charge warning light, tripped the alt manually still didn't kick in, still 12.3, so alt knackered but doesn't account for dash lights etc, a few dodgy fuse conenctions later all fixed, new alt charging 14.04!!
Just await the "rust" verdict on mot now, told him I want me 3 door hubs back, bribed him by telling him I'll buy him new TCA's to go with me sapphy hubs!! when we swap over.
tabetha