scenic760
Full Access Member
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2021
- Posts
- 318
- Reaction score
- 206
- Location
- SoCal
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- 1981
- Truck Model
- Suburban K10
- Engine Size
- 350
I would not trust their work or the engine.
To many red flags brother dispute the charge, or file small claims lawsuit. It cost $75.00
Judges hate shops that put the screws to the little guy. The judge will identify with your situation.
I sued a body shop over some shoddy bodywork and won. It’s really a simple process to file a small claims suit.
Small claims is quick and vicious.
Tell them what you want. (The machine shop) Remember it’s business, not personal your not trying to make friends your paying for a service per a verbal contract.
If you feel like you got ripped off. Say what needs to be said.
Hey all, sorry for the late reply... I wasn't getting email notifications on the thread!
As of right now I have disputed the charges with the credit card company and they said they are going to mail me something of a questionaire that I need to respond to in the next week or so.
I only spoke with them when I questioned the .060 over and the 2 sleeves and got the "oh well" response... I spoke with another friend of mine who was/is an actual mechanic and he said going .060 over could potentially lead to overheating issues?
So as Idahovette said, I think I'm done with them.... the credit card company asked me if they offered a discount (no they didn't) but as most have pointed out i'm not really sure I want to take a risk installing it at any price really.
I'm at a point that I'm so mad that they ruined my block (the block was clean) and tried to pass off exactly what I told them I didn't want at .060 while overcharging me. Wasting about a month of my time in the process (so far anyways) is just insult to injury.
I think I'm going to tell them they can supply me with a new 4 bolt main block (std bore), I will keep the heads with a full refund and they can have the rest of their creation back. Or they can supply me with a complete 350 engine (std bore) with a head casting I find acceptable and they can take the entire long block back with a full refund.
If they had truly done their professional due diligence in the beginning and, once again giving them the extreme benefit of the doubt there actually was an issue, measured the bores and determined they were going to have to sleeve 2 cylinders and bore it .060 over and it was going to cost me $3200 to rebuild a SBC 350, who in their right mind would not have said no thanks and gone BRAND NEW GM crate at that point? Or at least said let me find new block...I just doesnt make any sense