Hi, Catskinner77V.
Have you done any research to see if you get more than $1,000 worth of extra wear out
and the downtime when the machine is repared... at least here in Finland downtime and the repair work costs often more than the difference in good/expencive and bad/cheap solutions.
When my dad was still in charge of my company, then we used to repair the machines in the cheapest possible way and as fast as possible... in the end we vere repairing the machinery all the time and old parts wore out new parts, so we only had half the expexted life cyckle of parts :bash
I tried to tell him many times that spending more can be a lot cheaper in the end, but he couldnt figure that out. so when me and my brother retired the old man, in a couple of years we did a lot more money and looked a lot more professional than in years!
we had a lot less downtime, a lot less machanic bills and a lot less wear on other parts, but a little more expences on parts.
this is something i learned when racing Motocross and Enduro, i used to ride A-class and even Enduro World Championships, so i couldn't afford any mechanical failiures.
especially when repairing gearboxes or other parts that wear against each other, then it is extremly important to change both to get an even wear!
recently our Hyundai lc290 went to the repair shop, the injector pump was not working like it should...
we ended up changing the whole pump because of extreme internal wear, so i tought it might be good to take a look at the nozles also.
one nozle broke so we had to take the entire top of the engine... at the same time we noticed the turbo was quite worn also, so it will also be replaced along goes the valves...
damn expencive! but now the top end is like new!
exchange injectorpump (new) 1500€
nozles 90€ each x6 540€
exchange turbo (new) 690€
gaskets 350€
valves probabbly 500€
labour 1500€?
the down part looked/measured good, so we leave that this time.
anyway the turbo and valves costs a couple of 1000€ more, but i don't have to drag the machine to the shop after some months when the turbo has broke it's wings and the pistons have jammed the valves all over the combustion chamber:drinkup