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Originally Posted by te51levin
Thanks for the compliments! Sure, I can build a short one to just past the flex section if you like. Figure about $175 for that. If you want to practice your welding, I can sell you the same thing in pieces, ready to weld up, for about $130. Or I can sell you the flange for $35. On my side-job stuff, all prices include ground shipping in the US. Turnaround time on a built unit is two or three weeks right now.
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Getting the pipe in pieces sounds awesome--You're the man! It really sounds like a win-win, since I get to practice my welding, but I don't have to spend a load of time sourcing bends, flex pipes, etc.
I'm still trying to figure out everything I will need (work has me pretty busy this week, which is good, because I could use the overtime.) It's kind of funny that you should mention the complete gasket set for $175 as "cheap." I, too, work in auto parts, so I know that a lot of people would balk at that price, but I also know that you're right--it is cheap! For the moment, I really think that I can get away with the valve cover gasket, spark plug tube seals, and cam/crank seals.
That reminds me, I still haven't taken off the valve cover (I don't want to do that until I have the new gaskets in hand) but I did get my miniature inspection flashlight to get a closer look down the oil filler cap. Everything looks good--no sludge! It's not as pretty as my Probe's V6, but that isn't really a fair comparison since I've owned that car since new and it's only had Mobil-1 oil changes since break-in, along with regular engine flushes. No tapping lifters here! (A lot of people have trouble with that on the Probe's HLAs.) I think that the next time I change the valve cover gaskets on the Probe I'm going to take pictures just to have a frame of reference for what an engine should look like. You'd never think the car has over 100K miles and is 14 years old.
Back to the MR2... I've got the engine out of the car, I just need to lift the car enough to pull it away. It will probably be Sunday before I get to work on that, however.
Thanks for all of your help so far, guys!