Milano Head Gasket Replacemant

["Scott Allen" <s4usea@domain.elided>]

All,

I was changing a valve cover gasket on my '87 Platinum and noticed that the 
head gasket was leaking oil.  No oil in the coolant or visa-versa though, 
(for now) but I'm not going to wait around for it to get worse.

In any event, the shop I usually take it to wants $2,000 to do the job.  
This seems extremely high to me. Can any of the Alfa gurus out there speak 
to this?  I'm a bit taken aback by it, and am curious to find out if this is 
a fair price for this job..

Having commited to doing the job myself, is there any tricks or pitfalls I 
need to watch out for that aren't covered in the manual?
I've replaced the head gasket on a few Spiders as well as some other cars, 
so I've probably got the basics covered.

Any help appreciated,

Scott Allen
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