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1slowGTO
11-01-2009, 09:28 AM
Thanks to Tony, Danny, Troy and the rest of the crew for helping me out Saturday. Got me on the right track to getting the car running the right way. Hopefully next time she'll be right and we can get her dynoed.

Long story short. Wrong lenght pushrods, bent pushrod, crank hitting windage tray, crushed rear main seal, front timing cover bolts in rear timing cover and vise versa, front bolts longer then rear and bottomed out in block. good shit
Thanks D and E Engine service.
MICKEY, couldn't have done all this without you. and all i got out of Mickey was sorry man. looks like i'm going to be going to court.
Good news out of all this is the pistons didnt hit the valves. dodged a bullet there.
So if you want someone to overcharge you the price he gave you and totally screw up you motor Mickey is ya man...
NotoriousGreaseMonkey
11-01-2009, 10:15 AM
Holy shit man... Obviously I knew about the pushrods since I was there. I didn't know about the rear main and the wrong bolts etc... Sorry to hear that. You need to document EVERY BIT of this. LOTS of pictures.
pat94cobra
11-01-2009, 12:04 PM
Was this his first time?
Riceman
11-01-2009, 03:53 PM
Jesus... what was SUPPOSED to be done to it? Some of those things are hard to fuck up, like, they're obvious.
spadoc79
11-01-2009, 03:59 PM
whos mickey? what shop is he at? i wanna stay far away lol. sorry bout your luck man.
1slowGTO
11-01-2009, 07:38 PM
shop is just past capital circle on hwy 20
1slowGTO
11-01-2009, 07:45 PM
he was supposed to mount the heads on, check p2v clearence, install cam, timing chain, oil pump, oil pickup tube, windage tray, oil pan, timing covers, measure for pushrods and install, install lifters. labor 500.00 end up costing me 1500.00 i had all parts all he needed to buy was gaskets and i told him to get me a price before he got anything, well i never got a call... im just glad we caught everything before we really screwed up something
1slowGTO
11-01-2009, 07:46 PM
brand new forged shortblock 403 and brand new L92 heads
Riceman
11-01-2009, 08:54 PM
What a crock of shit. I'd document as much as possible and lawyer up. May not be worth it, but it would be worth making sure nobody else goes to that hack. Those are mistakes made by a person who doesn't know what they're doing, or just doesn't care.
slmdLS1
11-01-2009, 09:13 PM
What a crock of shit. I'd document as much as possible and lawyer up. May not be worth it, but it would be worth making sure nobody else goes to that hack. Those are mistakes made by a person who doesn't know what they're doing, or just doesn't care.

this seems all too familiar....
1slowGTO
11-02-2009, 05:42 AM
yeah i think he just don't give a shit. plan on a civil case. doubt i'll get anything but it's the principle. the part that pisses me off the most is he just says sorry but i'm not going to do nothing about it.
Riceman
11-02-2009, 08:04 AM
The mistakes made on this engine are even more obvious than what was done to ours, or mine at least.

By saying sorry he's admitted fault. It would be awesome if you had documentation of that...

I'm so tired of hearing about absolute crap motorsport shops/work. So few places even care.
BMFC
11-02-2009, 11:19 AM
Ron was telling me about the car and the troubles you were having with the car and then now this. Sounds like your gonna have a nice GTO when all resolved.
Dredz172
11-02-2009, 05:59 PM
sorry your getting screwed, but based on the physical appearance of D&E I can not see why you would send them a $33k car. There is a reason their shop is a dilapidated and crapped out one.
1slowGTO
11-03-2009, 05:38 AM
Ron was telling me about the car and the troubles you were having with the car and then now this. Sounds like your gonna have a nice GTO when all resolved.



yeah it should be a quick one. just getting tired of all the problems
1slowGTO
11-03-2009, 05:41 AM
sorry your getting screwed, but based on the physical appearance of D&E I can not see why you would send them a $33k car. There is a reason their shop is a dilapidated and crapped out one.

didnt send the car just the shortblock, cam, and heads. but hopefully everyone who see this and also puts the word out he wont be there long.
slmdLS1
11-03-2009, 09:39 AM
where is it? i know you said out towards hwy 20.... i had never heard of it and googled it and found nothing. its not that rimshop on the right headed out is it? i think its a goodyear place?
KillerSS
11-03-2009, 09:46 AM
where is it? i know you said out towards hwy 20.... i had never heard of it and googled it and found nothing. its not that rimshop on the right headed out is it? i think its a goodyear place?

Hum, it might be the place that's right around the corner from the entrance to my neighborhood, now that I think about it.
1slowGTO
11-03-2009, 01:56 PM
just past the goodyear place on the right. with an old race car tube frame