If you budget in a roundtrip ride to Portland you may get your parts quicker. I think I remember a local getting his stuff much faster. Although I think that goes for any business. The first time I ever called him I got a call back within the hour and he shipped my part out quickly. This was due to being the "first" thermostat housing failure he had seen. Now my calls and emails aren't important anymore.@mryanangel, I certainly agree...research is key. I got the 1993 LC about 18 months ago and have been researching ever since. I always wanted to do the cummins diesel swap, but I was under the impression that it would be a 10K-20K job for a DIY'er. I considered doing a V8 swap, but that has its own set of issues too. Once I started reading up on the Diesel Adapters kit and talking to the guy (Dustin, I presume) over at Diesel Adapters, That was kind of a game changer.
So the general consensus I'm hearing is (and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong) you WILL get your parts (eventually) and you may have to twist their arm some to make it happen. The actual product is good, but the speed at which it will arrive is pretty atrocious. Also, don't let Duiser do the work for you.
Does that seem right? Slow shipping isn't enormously off-putting, so long as I WILL get the parts. That's the biggest fear I have; getting screwed out of $5K