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Yeh right rend it back and get him to fix it.

3 months to get an answer that only came about because he got aggravated with what was on this forum. He could have quite easily have said that 1 week after the first email.

If it takes 3 months to get a reply I couldn't imagine how long a low priority non paying warranty claim would take to get repaired.

The cost prohibition that I spoke of well that was basically my polite way of saying I didn't want to gamble loosing my motor for 12 months or more.