[TonyG]

If your mechanic pulls the thing apart, you replace ALL the studs.

And you do a few more things once you're in there.

The bottom line, is that it's about $3,000 labor to pull everything from the cylinders and up apart on the engine. Given this, you rebuild all the parts "while you're in there" which you can buy for about $1500

Thus for another approximately $1000, you can buy and have installed:

new piston rings
cylinder heads rebuilt & new valve springs
24 new cylinder studs/barrel nuts
new exhaust studs/hardware
new timing chains/guides/tensioners
all new gaskets/seals/O rings


The total bill for all of the above work (including new clutch disk, resurface flywheel, and a few more things) was $4500 to have this done on my '82SC, and the work was done by a very reputable mechanic here in Los Angeles.


I suggest you shop around.

TonyG