How much should it cost?

[Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guys:

This past week I finally had it up to here with
clutter in my workshop, in particular I got sick of
jumping over one of the extra 196 engines I had in the
garage, mainly cause it has been on my engine stand
which I now need for another reason, so I disassembled
it (the engine, not the stand!) into about 200
individual pieces.  They are now carefully sorted and
stored on shelves in my garage.

Two questions: 

1. How do I get the pistons off of the rods?  I've
never done this before, but the TSM says you use an
arbor press to push a little pin out.  I'm always
looking for an excuse to buy a new tool or piece of
shop equipment, so does this mean I need to get an
arbor press??? 

2. The block, which I thought would be ruined or at
least not worth saving, actually looks really solid. 
One piston was rusted in, but I let it soak overnight
with penetrating oil and then whacked it a few times
with a mallet and finally dislodged it, but otherwise
the other pistons pretty much slipped right out.    So
my question is this: I want to keep this block now,
have it boiled out and re-bored, then rebuild it.  How
much should it cost?

Thanks, guys!

- Justin