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its not a hard job. but can be time consuming. If you have the tools, do it yourself and save a lot of $. If you do it yourself here are a few things to remember.
-Coat only the inside of the rodbearings with oil (the sides that will be against the crank)
-Make sure the ends of the bearings with the notches face eachother or your crank wont turn over
-Make sure the oil cleance in the bearings is within manufacturers specs.
-Torque down all bolts to spec, and for safe measure go back and torque them down in the same order as the first time
-throw two pieces of heater hose on the studs of the connecting rod when installing piston and rod into cylinder (this protects the journals on your crank from being scratched from the two studs on the rod as it is installed) once the rod is in place its safe to take the two pieces of hose off
-always remove and install pistons from top of block. cylinder walls are tapered towards the bottom and you dont want to scratch your cylinder walls trying to force them out.
-stagger the gaps for your piston rings to prevent blow-by
-Don't let the two ends of your oil ring overlap
-ALWAYS USE THE CORRECT TOOLS for the job. It saves time, headaches, and long streams of profanity
Thats all I can think of right now. Good luck
*edit* not to mention doing it yourself eliminates yourself from being screwed by flat rate
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