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Originally Posted by BarnYardCamp
Another option may be to see if there are any auto body repair schools in your area. If there is, check with them as maybe they could repair it as an instructional project.
It would certainly challenge the usual remove and replace methods used at most body shops.
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if you decide to go the vocational/trades school route and they say yes then ask for a realistic timeline.
i say this because we had an old dumptruck that we went that route with and was happy to let the school use it as a project and we really didnt need the truck then but wanted it as a backup around the farm.
didnt even think about it for awhile and was at the school one day to get my weld cert. updated and decided to check in on it and the?
8 months in it still hadnt been touched because they were not at that point in there class schedule but said it would be coming up soon.
at 3 years in still hadnt heard anything and went to check on it and it was outside with the motor laying in the bed in a thousand pieces.
and the NEW shop teacher had no desire to teach his students how to work on it because it was an old out dated motor and he was teaching them how to work on the newer stuff.
so we drug it home and rebuilt a different motor to drop in it.
didnt have the time to do it when it went to the school and finally had to make time to do it if we wanted it running again.
helping the schools are a good thing most of the time.
but might need to start the questions with the shop teacher and get re assurance from the higher ups that it will be protected while apart and done in a reasonable amount of time.
cant expect showroom quality from a school but you should expect it to be done to the basic standards if you cannot do it yourself.
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