Hey doug one,
I rebuilt one of my 228's a year ago. The head was completely rebuilt with new valves, guides, springs, and hardened seats and surfaced. It wasn't cheap, no where near $810. I paid $12 a piece for valves($144), $5 per spring($60), and I can't remember on the guides or seats, but the total with labor and machining was $420, with a hot tank, magnaflux, and pressure test. I think that you are definitely getting ripped off at $810. Now you say the parts quote was $250, that sounds OK, and 250 for the valve job with hot tank, mangaflux and pressure test, might be a bit more, but I don't see how they get $810.
54Monster
