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starting at 2:52 (in case it doesn't translate on the link correctly) is exactly why some shops turn away complex work.
never mind a problem like
@lfhoward 's probably isn't going to be solved all in-house...
there's probably a machine shop involved for the head.
various possibly not frequent used parts vendors involved.
heterogenous timing jobs aren't common at a lot of independent shops any longer. (aka, someone there probably could do a SBC in their sleep, but toss anything else at them and it's like greek.)
then if it doesn't go right, who's at fault? now you got a bunch of places pointing fingers, and again a pissed off customer.
heck one of my major reasons for disliking auto transmissions is, the ridiculous hit or miss nature of them doing good work. don't even get me started about the sh*t show that was the AA *honk* *honk* mco chain shop near my mom's house. Used to be a parts runner and paint mixer for a local independent parts supplier, and the number of fails that ****** shop had... their numbers would have been marginal as a baseball stat.
sadly, the auto repair is a dying industry. replacement parts are crap (dorman) if they exist at all. repairs are complicated. prices are sky high. skilled people are retiring and replacements aren't coming into the industry. car manufacturers are making it damn near impossible to fix even the simplest things without it being an engine out job, and are making components out of the stupidest of materials.
and with that, i'm off to see if I can't fix the clock spring in the #2 silver liberty, as I really don't want to spend $120 on one.