thinking about giving up on build

[Pargolf]

I FEEL YOUR PAIN BROTHER. I took my truck to my mechanic the second week of March (this year) because it just didn't run right. We decided the exhaust manifold need to be replaced, so we did, and modified the exhaust in the process, no big deal, right? It kept running hot during testing, so we pulled the head, the block looked bad, all grooved and pitted and leaking like a sieve. Had to do a rebuild, buy a reconditioned engine or have the wrench do it? Reconditioned is the decision we made because of cost and warranty. New engine goes in last week, tested it Friday and guess what? The mother/father ran hot! Need a new radiator ($375 on top of $1200 for the engine, on top of $200 for the exhaust manifold, on top of whatever I owe him for labor, which I am afraid to ask). All of this goes back to me trading a beautiful 2004 Harley Davidson Softail Deuce with 12,000 miles on it, ran like a dream and the PO basically screwed me by not telling me all the bs rigging they did to make the truck look and seem to run good. All of this said, I know am in deep and there is no turning back, between the value of the bike ($8000) and what I have spent (let's say $3000 - $3500) I guess I have $11K invested. I should get the truck back tomorrow, of course now it's too darn hot here to enjoy the spring driving around with the windows down (no a/c), thank God for wing windows, cause I am driving that truck everywhere, even if it kills me!