BHG replacement, need pointers!

[brandonsupra]

Thanks man. Yeah he's going to be sending it off to get planed and everything good like that. Gonna check the pistons and cam shafts while we're down there as well. I'll just tell him my budget and ask him to replace everything you just said if he can. I know he's replacing every gasket, but I'll get him to do the rest too...even though he probably knows everything I wrote down to mention to him anyways.

Sorry I made it sound like my friend was going to be doing the work, which initially I thought he was...since I figured otherwise I'd be paying huge cash. Today I called my moms friend who works down at a local lube shop and asked if he knew anyone who could do a head gasket job for cheap. His co-worker said he would do it on his spare for at warehouse costs, and next to no labor costs. He's actually certified too, he's not my backyard mechanic friend just to clarify that.