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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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i have got a standard but smokey 1600 cvh i want to re-build to replace my zvh, what sort of price should i pay to get the block/head crack and pressure tested and the crank re-ground and the rods tested???


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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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Price will vary between machine shops.

30 or 40 for a head pressure test. 50 ish for a crank regrind.
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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my local charges Ł25 skim Ł25 pressure test and Ł60 regrind if it needs it of course
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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now chris has gone overseas, are you up around this area much? i can get it done cheap as a PJ!

let me know!
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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i dont live far from thwaitsey mate, i live bout 30 miles away


i would mucho appreciate that mate, where are you and where is pj??


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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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PJ= private job.

i'm near soham, so not far from him. pm me exactly what it is that you want doing and i'll get a price
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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