The new engine

[CHRIS.O]

Longroof,

He did mention it. He has been having car problems for quite some time now. There are probably a half dozen multiple page threads on here about all the bs he's had thrown his way and how he was thinking about doing what he currently did. Nobody is near him or willing to help him. We've put that question out there a bunch of times.

Where is the old engine David? Did you ever compression test the old one to see if indeed it was a headgasket? I hate to say it but I don't think your gonna properly be able to trouble shoot this one if you couldn't trouble shoot the other one. So as far as trying to find out what is wrong with it, I would forget that until someone on this forum, or A VERY WELL KNOWN AND TRUSTED mechanic or car guy comes and looks at it for you. Don't start tearing anything apart on it. If your going to be getting involved in a lawsuit the last thing you want to do is have it laying in pieces. I know your pissed off about this but there could be a few reasons your having problems that is NEITHER YOUR FAULT OR THEIRS. Yes they may be liable if they offered some type of warranty but if it is something like a broken timing chain then thats neither yours or their fault. sh*t gets old and wears out. In my opinion however if they are gonna sell a junk yard motor they should atleast go through it and replace the timing set, maybe have the crank polished, new bearings, valve seals, just so the thing doesn't grenade and cost them money in labor or hassle. Again, goodluck and I hope you either get a running and driving car out of this or your cash back.

 

[Longroof79]

Chris,
I'm well aware of what David has been going thru these past months...years, not including the body shop rip-off merchant. I have been following the thread all along.
I know the word has been put out there for someone nearby to take a look at David's car and help diagnose the problem(s).
I guess there's no one locally that can take a look-see and report back to the forum. That's too bad.
We can have a pay it forward thread, but can't help out a fellow enthusiast and human being?
At any rate, I guess there wouldn't be much of a warranty on a junkyard motor. But I agree with you, that the motor should have been gone thru...timing chain set, bearings...maybe a quick hone job and a set of rings. Then there's still the heads.
Valve seals, (guides), valve job or regrind.
Could someone be plagued by constant bad luck? I suppose so. It's unfortunate.
I wish David all the best. I feel he doesn't deserve the raw deal that has been handed to him.

 

[CHRIS.O]

It's not bad luck, they just see him coming from a mile away. No offense David. I've been in your boat before. People ripped me off on everything because I didn't have the knowledge to know what was right. I got ripped off on a lot of rc cars when I was younger. Lots of money into those gas powered little bastards. I simply didn't know how to fix them and sunk so much money into them and got so pissed off that I just gave up on them. Finally I learned how to do it all myself and now they are fun. Cars won't be fun until your able to do a little bit of it by yourself. It takes time and sadly your getting jerked around by a bunch of *ss hats. Im really sorry for that. People in general can be *ssh*les and it seems more so in the automotive business. Particularly mechanics. Again good luck man.

 

[RITTER]

If the shop was to go thru and replace bearings, hone it, polish the crank, replace parts (timing chain) ... this would pretty much be an engine overhaul ... and a lot more money. Plus, doing this would most likely void a standard 30 day junk yard engine warranty.

 

[CHRIS.O]

Yep and thats what they need to do instead of installing junk. Atleast inspect the damn thing instead of sending out a steaming pile of sh*t and relying on a 3rd party warranty. Im sure they can hide an hours labor in the bill somewhere. Even if they don't touch it the junkyard is gonna point fingers at the shop, the shop points a finger at the vehicle owner. Nobody is willing to take the blame on what is probably a 1976 350 with 240k miles on it out of a dump truck that has been overheated a half dozen times. It just pisses me off, nobody will just be honest, everyone has to make a buck off the misery of others.

 

[RITTER]

But if you take a car to a shop and pay them $1100 to to install a junk yard engine, that is what you get ... that's all I'm saying here. There is no shop that is going to tear an engine apart and inspect/overhaul it and install it for $1100. They wouldn't be able to stay in business doing work that cheap. I'm not sticking up for the shop here, just trying to put things into perspective.

Anyway ...
The previously stated tests need to be performed on this engine. Junk yards are usually good about honoring their warranty (if the shop even got the thing from a junk yard, who knows, he could have a 3rd cousin that owns the yard and sells him engines for $100 with no guarantees) We actually deal with about a dozen different salvage yards in the greater Charlotte area, and we never have issues with any warranty parts.

 

[Evan11]

Ya I hear u David, @least with that they wouldn't be screwing ppl over from then on. Have u googled the shop ? Do they have any ratings online?

 

[Evan11]

Chris,
I'm well aware of what David has been going thru these past months...years, not including the body shop rip-off merchant. I have been following the thread all along.
I know the word has been put out there for someone nearby to take a look at David's car and help diagnose the problem(s).
I guess there's no one locally that can take a look-see and report back to the forum. That's too bad.
We can have a pay it forward thread, but can't help out a fellow enthusiast and human being?
At any rate, I guess there wouldn't be much of a warranty on a junkyard motor. But I agree with you, that the motor should have been gone thru...timing chain set, bearings...maybe a quick hone job and a set of rings. Then there's still the heads.
Valve seals, (guides), valve job or regrind.
Could someone be plagued by constant bad luck? I suppose so. It's unfortunate.
I wish David all the best. I feel he doesn't deserve the raw deal that has been handed to him.

I'm not sure all this could be done for a grand but I would at least expect an engine that had been checked for decent oil pressure, timing chain checked or replaced if worn , new water pump,thermostat, no weird noises , Not smoking, oil pan cleaned out and new oil to br put on,etc. I'm sure he would agree, he didn't expect a brand new crate engine, just something that ran good and wasn't completely worn out so he could actually enjoy the car and get somewhere.

 

[DoubleV]

If the shop was to go thru and replace bearings, hone it, polish the crank, replace parts (timing chain) ... this would pretty much be an engine overhaul ... and a lot more money. Plus, doing this would most likely void a standard 30 day junk yard engine warranty.

Agreed. There's no way that shop was going to go through that engine unless they were paid good money to do so and at the price they'd do it for, David would've been MUCH better off buying a BRAND NEW 260 HP Goodwrench 350 with a 3 year warrenty for a paltry $1500.

David, I hope everything works out for you with all of this, but I gotta say you need to start learning from your mistakes or you will just be going through this all over again.

 

[455rocket]

If the shop was to go thru and replace bearings, hone it, polish the crank, replace parts (timing chain) ... this would pretty much be an engine overhaul ... and a lot more money. Plus, doing this would most likely void a standard 30 day junk yard engine warranty.

Agreed. There's no way that shop was going to go through that engine unless they were paid good money to do so and at the price they'd do it for, David would've been MUCH better off buying a BRAND NEW 260 HP Goodwrench 350 with a 3 year warrenty for a paltry $1500.

David, I hope everything works out for you with all of this, but I gotta say you need to start learning from your mistakes or you will just be going through this all over again.

Damn Right.

I own a repair shop and there's a lot of bashin goin on here for a one sided story. I gotta call you out on this David. There's a lot of holes and inconsistand answers your givin here. No offense David but it's obvious you don't know sh*t about cars. Lets see a scan of that 60 day warranty and or the invoice they gave you when you picked the car up. Maybe you misunderstood something or possibly didn't follow through with some recommendations they made. This way everyone can see what that $1100 got you. Maybe you did get ripped off, let's see.