i have a little WWYD scenario for you guys. Kinda long.
I had my 440 rebuilt by a shop I've used before. When I dropped it off four months ago, I was told it would take 6 weeks. I was also told that the owner(whose name is on the business) had sold the shop to his employee whom I knew from my previous build. New owner is a younger guy but he always seemed knowledgeable so I went with it.
During my 4 month wait, I would call the new owner and always hear how busy he was.
Also, part of that time was waiting on back ordered Pistons, which I found in stock at 440 source. Kind of annoying.
Fast forward to Friday, when I picked it up. I was a bit disappointed as the damper wasn't installed, nor was the oil pump. New guy mentioned the distributor shaft bushing was "tight".
Long story short. When he pressed the old bushing out, he left part of it in. Then when he installed the new one, it wouldn't seat properly and distorted. My buddy and I had to drive an hour round trip to get another one on Saturday as most stuff was closed.
After we got that squared away, we moved forward to priming the pump. We primed forever but could not get any oil pressure. Finally, after discussing with my buddy who is an engine builder, we figured he might have left out one of the oil galley plugs. So after much cussing and still no oil pressure, I decided to tear the front of the motor off. Sure as ****, he left the plug above the crank out. And no slinger either. So we fixed all that stuff and fired the motor. Seems like it will be fine but we ran out of time to open the oil filter, etc. I'm going back Monday to my buddy's place to change the oil, run it some more and bring it home.
My question to you guys is: am I out of line for asking for a couple hundred bucks back? What I thought would take a few hours took twelve. I had to raid my buddy's stash for gaskets and other little stuff. We had to drive an hour and when we got to the machine shop charged me $20 bucks for the bushing. Pretty annoying.
I just want my engine to run good, which it seems like it does. But my time is definitely worth something and I went out of pocket for more parts AND I paid for an engine assembly.
Enough of my rant. What do you guys think? At least it sounds good, even though we finished up in the dark! Lol. Thanks for listening.
