I live in MI. I did all the disassembly myself. I used to be a heavy equipment mechanic, and am still a state certified master truck mechanic. Just don't work on stuff for a dealer anymore, only jobs I want/have time to do. I can't remember what the price breakdown was for each part of machining, been a couple years. I think I got a great deal on it, because I know to bore/sleeve/bore a block, it's $150/hole there. I had that done to each cylinder and finish honed to match each piston. Also had the top of the block surfaced. Had the head rebuilt including surfacing, new guides, valves and seats ground and valve recession set, and spring tension adjusted/shimmed. Had the rods checked and new piston pin bushings installed. I installed new rod bolts myself. Had the crank checked and polished. Then assembled the whole thing. I think it's more work to get the engine out of a 455 than a 4500, but I'm not sure. You have to unpin and drop the front axle out of the bolster to get to some of the lower bolster bolts. But before you can do any of that, you have to drop the lower nose weight off to unpin the front axle and make it manageable once you get it unpinned. A lot of work on a 455C. Also have to pull the cowl and remove the fuel tank to get to the bellhousing bolts.
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