365 motor assy complete with transmission

I remember looking thru a rather lengthy thread about a reconstruction for a white Ferrari that arrive back home with more than a few issues. If I remember the problem there didn't have anything to do with lack of funding. It looked a lot like over billing for work not done or done poorly. The fact that this unfortunate series of events has left you with a rather unserviceable vehicle should in no way reflect on your willingness to pay for doing it right. I think you have always been about solving the problem not about pinching pennies to save a buck.
I feel badly that you joined the club of unhappy patrons.

 

I always liked that stuff. My 66 Hemi Charger had that. It looked like an aircraft instrument panel. Really quite elegant way to illuminate the gauges, no light bulbs.
The gangs all doing well, I'm part way thru the LED lighting conversion, anything to decrease the load on those two dynamos. We will finally get some drive able weather soon. No more 100 degree overnight low temps till next year. I'm putting on a few miles sparingly. Staying out of rush hour traffic. It's fun to run out to the Boulder dam on the old road at night. Almost no traffic now and lots of switchbacks and decreasing radius off camber turns. Another well designed Nevada highway. To be fair they didn't have much real estate to utilize when they built that stretch in the early 30's. I drive out stop at the view site, it's impressive at night and run the new road back to town.

 

If you can get the one in (though now "out") of the car running right without a full rebuild, then, as I posted earlier in this thread, repeating what I expressed in my own, "Run it until it pops". When it does, you've got a spare brettski / gran turismo hand-grenade ready to plug-in while the current one is done correctly. You've just got to get it back, which, like the "finished" #22579 already at over $65K in, was then held for ransom for an additional $24K. I hope your situation, at $48k in new "Surprise!!! charges, turns out better.

If I'm very lucky, mine is just several crap valve guides in the heads. <crosses fingers, toes, eyes....>

Yes, Dave, that's my gran turismo adventure mentioned in several posts in this thread. As already noted - "Consistency".........and that Consistency of behavior is what worries me for Mitchell.

 

Seems like there are at least 4 now...

 

Those darned "shipping companies" must be at it again!!

 

Bigger question - Will he send your motor back?

 

The difference in jets between 130 and 135 is a small change. I have tried both in my car and there is very little difference.

 

I hope you're successful. As I was going to for another victim, I'll appear in court with my documentation on your behalf if you wish.
As that person found, and is also supported by some of those others who contacted me during my thread, scammers rely upon the victim recognizing the cost/benefit to favor "just letting it go away". It was why I reluctantly accepted that brett had no intention of making #22579 right (nor was I stupid enough to send it back up there, into his possession again), and as noted in my thread "His compensation offer just determines how much of the rest of what he took, he gets to keep".
If you have the perseverance.....

Jeez, I miss knowing the end-result of simple handshake deals with significantly less detail than dozens of emails.

 

You need to clarify because what you described isnt possible. It is possible to have the upper and lower bearings swapped in their places but not backwards. Swapped would cause and oiling problem if the bearings are half grooved.

Curious if your guy measured the actual compression ratio. Ive seen a lot of issues with JE providing pistons with dome volumes that are too large putting the ratio into the 12's. If you reassemble the engine with the pistons that are currently in it I strongly suggest your guy checks. If he checked it he will have the dome volume reading.

 

I am sure that is what he meant. Have to look at the diagram or a crank but I suspect it would reduce flow to the rods.
Common error. Some don't seem to get it.

People still use JE?

Why?

 

Wow, I was just surfing as could not sleep. This thread reminds me of the reza one under the Canadian section. A real shame the experience. Can't say I have not been there before and I have learned the hard way. Fortunately I now deal with Rocco in Toronto who has been amazing. One day, hopefully later this month, look forward to scheduling to meet with mr Newman. I manage/own commercial property. Even when the tenant is wrong, they are right as my issue at the end. I have never raised my voice or said anythingn degrogatory to a customer....but your tongue, count to 5, apaologize for the situation and what can be done to correct it. Most of my tenants have been in my buildings for 25+ years and we get along as an extended professional family. It is so hard to get new customers, so easy to retain, so much energy marketing mew customers and forgetting about the existing ones. This shop reminds me of US lawyers - rates are much lower than Canadian but monthly bill is always higher! &#55357;&#56836; By the way like your house. I just started the demo on mine - 7 car garage ground level with hoist and 24 in basement level with 13 foot ceiling = 48 spots double stacked. We are all sick!

 

Not my decision to make. I think documenting these cars and those who work on them is always a good idea. As I said before there seems to be a pattern of non-positive experiences here. Unfortunately for you, this instance obviously isn't a positive one.

 

No, you cannot scatter across the Board like that, Mitchell....

Anyone doing a "search" will find these discussions.
No need, to spread it all over....