$1000!?! For a ring job!! Geezuz...that's insane! There has to be a "backyard" mechanic in your town that would do it for less than half that (with parts)!

I noticed something in your first post...that you are using 10W30...isn't the recommended oil for our car's "5"W30?? It is for mine anyway, a 91 might be different but I don't think so...

Don't we have any members in Colorado that could do the job for her for a couple of bones? Come on guys...lend a lady a hand.

Jason