Ever gotten money back from a machine shop?

THAT'S BS!!
You completely saved that Builder from completely having to redo that motor if it didn't have any oil pressure. He ought to be damn near giving you complete money back for not costing him twice as much! On the other hand a builder like that would probably tear the motor apart see his obvious mistake and blame you for improper break-in or startup procedure. Just goes to show if you want something done right......
Now with the experience of slapping together that piece of crap 318 and having it run so goshdamn good, any performance or other motor that I have to rebuild will be done by me as much as I possibly can myself. From Now on a machine shop will only be used for Machining parts, possibly hanging pistons on rods but if I can find a way to do it myself.... and spin balancing.
It saddens me to think that we send our stuff away thinking it's going to get the utmost care and attention because of the money we put out but it's never treated like it's their own it's just treated as another piece on their production line that's just getting Moved Along.
My story from my one motor I had bilt was pretty much the same time wise 6 weeks turned into four months but I didn't have any of the Colossal problems like unplugged oil galleys! And then the end when it runs great and everything is badass you forget all about a lot of it and just start enjoying it.
In the end I'm like you and excited that everything's running good! And don't forget that drag race you promised me when you get that thing going....

hosehead said
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.
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