the answer to that question is he has an engine that's been gathering dust for years and he sees one last chance to sell something he thought he never would

2,800 is ballpark for a rebuild, he's quoting 4-4,500 to do yours because he doesn't want to, rather cut his losses on the one in the corner

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics