I live about 50-60 miles from the Albany area, near Cooperstown, Oneonta, and Cobleskill. I know of two people who do that kind of work in my area - other then me. I don't do any work for anybody anymore other then a few farmers and loggers I've known for over 30 years. I can barely keep up with my own stuff.
From what I've heard, both guys in my area are doing it full-time, and aren't much cheaper then going to a dealer. Usually what you need is a young person who works full-time somewhere during the day, needs money, and "moonlights" at home for that extra money. I did that for many years while working as a Deere mechanic.
If somebody hired me to do a job like you describe - I'd get money up front with the agreement that ALL labor gets paid for along the way, regardless if that engine winds up having to come back out. I don't tend to trust anybody else's work. I've had to tear apart many so-called "rebuilt" engines.
KC Canary used to be our main competition in this part of the Northeast for industrial and forestry equipment. Good place, but having your 450 patched up there is likely to cost more then the machine is worth. Same would of been the case in our dealership. High shop rate and the time clock is always running.
One funny story though. Back maybe 10 years ago, I was at an antique engine show and I had a dozen of my own tractors there. Some old man walked up to me and started asking me tractor questions. He acted as though he was new to tractors and knew little - especially with Deere equipment. I soon found out he was "testing" me, and he was old man, Ken Canary himself. Interesting guy. Luckily, he didn't catch me in too many BS stories.
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