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Olaf:

Possible alert here. I had dealings with an "FE expert" in the Baltimore area about five years ago. Trusted him to rebuild my damaged 427 engine. Bottom line was a ten month, mega-dollar nightmare which suffered catastrophic failure 1200 miles later while cruising at 60 mph down the interstate. I now have a replacement engine from Southern Automotive and the lawsuits just recently got settled. The reason I'm bringing this up was the initials of the so-called mechanic in my case were JB and he ran a marine shop, "specializing" in FE engines and high-speed boats. The local mechanic who I used for the removal/installation also got screwed royally by this individual, as apparently did many others in the Baltimore boating community. Your guy may not be the same person, but I understand that the jerk who botched up my engine has declared bankruptcy and reopened under different names about four times since then. For obvious reasons, I don't wish to post names here but if you drop me an e-mail, I'll fill you in on the details.