Hi Hillbilly,

I went with the majority advice on resurfacing.

I just brought the flywheel to the automotive machine-shop for stone-grinding and balancing.

If I had access to a well equipped warm garage, I might have gone for the lathing solution, almost free in my case.. Then, if things don't turn out satisfactory, one can always do it all over another way. But I just had to do and redo all over again a headgasket job in -30 degrees Celsius weather because my camshaft had seized at crank-up. The pistons and valves, on my modified interference-B21F, had collided as well from my timing-belt snapping. Luckily, there was no damage due to the low cranking speed.

Then, on start-up again, the worn pinion on my starter chewed the flywheel's ring-gear...Enough was enough.

All in all, I am quite motivated to get it right the first time, this time, and I have chosen to go the safe and luxurious, though more costly, path. We are having a streak of mild -5 weather, luckily. Things look rosy, suddenly...

I hope your son gets good extended service from his flywheel.

It is always interesting to hear of people's widely differing automotive experiences.

Thanks for your input, Hillbilly.