[chevybuldr]

I wish all customers were like you are. A good machinest will stand behind his parts and his work. A shop will not use junk if they know that it might fail and they have to replace it down the line. There are alot of thing that effect a motor. A common phrase after we hang up the phone from a "mechanic" is everybody blames the machine shop. Never mind its something that they might have missed and just skimmped on changing. An old radiator no need to be replaced. Gee why is it running hot? An oil cooler not flushed out. Oil pan not cleaned. We try hard to make sure that all is taken care of but you can not make them do everything.

You sound like you have found a great shop with people that care. The money you paid for a replace and remove and rebuild with all new block sounds like a very good price. Your a stand up guy. Thank you for standing up for your machinest and shop. I have seen some shody work come thru and I have heard some real price gougers but not every place is like that.
Just my 2cents.