560 Gas Running again!

I have heard so much good here about a little tractor shop down in Western Ky. I loaded up and took my old 560 there. I got a call it was done so I went to get it expecting a reasonable bill! But what I got was a real shock. When I drove up the 560 was setting outside on the pad. I walked by it and gave it a quick look and went inside and found the old repairman working on a 460 that he had scattered all over. I greeted him and asked what I owed him? He started out telling me it was going to be a little more money and I thought here we go! I asked how much more? He looked me square in the eye and said machine shop had to replace 2 valves we had not planned on and it came to $48.00 more. I told him I had no problem with that, and he went over to his cluttered desk and handed me the final bill for removing the engine cleaning it, taking the cam out checking it and the bearings,taking the crank out cleaning the block, put new mains and rod bearings, new front and rear seals.Mic the sleeves cleaned the pistons, checked the pin wear, installed new rings ,crossed honed the sleeves, put new gasket in the oil pump, had the head redone, new oil filter and oil, reset the antifreeze to_20 below tune the engine all new plugs,wires,cap rotor,points,replaced 2 water hoses, and replaced 1 battery cable end. The bill was $ 531.00 from the machine shop for the head, the rest of the bill for parts and labor came to $1071.00 for a total of $1602.00 dollars. As I looked at the bill he asked me if I thought it was to much? I told him it was ok! I paid my bill loaded up and left to ashame to tell him every other shop est for rings rod and mains was over $2500.

Wish we had someone like that up this way. I can't believe some of the horror stories about dealers in this area.

Good to hear! Those are getting harder to find, to be sure. For a moment you had me. XD

He probably knows what other shops charge, but he also grew up in another time. I believe I would have given him a little extra, Ellis

He might have been testing you. He knew it was a good price - just as you did. If you started whining he would make up sometime on the backside.

Why not post the name of that shop, the city of location and a telephone number? You ought to toot his horn with additional jobs but unless the above information is listed we can just guess where "a little shop in western Kentucky" is located.