On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:15:59 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

My port side engine is in the middle of a total rebuild. Looks like
it will end up at around 15K, way over the original estimate.

Yikes!!!

Just for comparison, what would a reman or new CAT cost.

We discussed the reman option and the labor charges would have been
significantly higher because of the need to pull the entire block,
etc.

One of the nice things about the 671s (and most other DDs), is that
they can be rebuilt in place.

I didn't consider a total repower because then I'd have to do the
starboard engine also which seems to be doing well. At least around
here, the DDs have a *much* better reliability reputation than CATs.