Thoughts on Shop Work

[cougswan]

I have a 1970 3/4 ton with a 390 that I inherited from my grandfather after he passed away a few years ago. It not been driven since the late 90's and I have been slowly working on it. Last summer I tore the engine down to the block, but since that point it has been sitting under a truck cover. I haven't had time to do anything more with it and I don't think I will in the near future. I was thinking about dropping it off tn an independent shop to get someone to get it up to a point where it was running and I could do the rest. Anyone have any experience doing this and have any lessons learned or tips? (PS If anyone is located in Eastern Washington and would be interested in doing the work let me know. I am in Pullman)

[Bill Ramsey]

I would get the engine rebuilt and do the rest myself. Shops these days can't do anything right the first time.

[Ranchero50]

Agree. Gather the parts yourself, assess them and go from there. At the very worst I'd purchase a long block and decent aluminum heads to assemble an engine myself.