[busmania]

Yes, the block was checked for cracks. That was the first thing they did after cleaning it. Before moving onto discussing if they would even do other work. After that, they said now “now buy these parts” based on their measure and then once they had the parts in hand, the did the work. They were pretty detailed about everything and a very reputable shop (machining all kinds of engines so not necessarily Flathead experts per se…but they had a few others in there at the same time. Anyway, I trust their work and feel pretty confident it is not a block issue.