I think what I am going to wind up doing is pull the head myself and take it to a shop. From what I have read, I just need to remove the rocker arms and push rods and the rest stays together. Is $40 + parts a good price for a machine shop to take the head in and do a valve job/clean it? I plan on going ahead and replacing the thermostat and water pump at the same time since I'll have it all apart anyway and will have the new gaskets on those as well from the kit.
