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Snark here...
Again...step back and read. The builder response notes that he had the motor for
11 months before the problem was reported to them, and substantiates that it had been installed for quite some time during those 11 months based upon the date of the installation of that motor since the invoice had been sent to them. Obviously, that does indeed raise an issue of what was happening with that motor for that extended period...flat tappets should be adjusted soon after a run-in period, no?
Thus, it comes down to credibility. Donald, if he indeed waited that long to contact them for that extended period, put that question into issue by his own actions of waiting. Now, that might be overcome by some external direct evidence or by testimony based upon first-hand observation...
...but it sure as hell ain't gonna be overcome by some third party commentator's "assumptions" which are based on nothing more than a rather skimpy record thrown up on the internet.
Thus, we don't know, based upon the record presented, whether the valve train was loose before it went into the car, or whether they loosened up after a period of time. Not calling either party untruthful...we just don't know.
Now...all of that is based on reading and some basic comprehension skills of direct comments by the two parties involved, instead of hitchiking on another third party commentator's (Rick Lake's...nothing personal, just the facts, Rick) post, not unlike the childhood game/lesson some kindergarten teachers had their youthful charges engage in when they would whisper a "secret" into one child's ear and have it passed around the classroom in like fashion, and then have the entire class experience
en masse how different the secret is once it has traveled around the room. That lesson obviously teaches us the danger of hearsay and the passage of it from one to another. Had you instead based your comments on the
party's posts, or at least not played hooky from kindergarten that day, I would not be taking the time to slow down the rotation of the earth so you could stay on for another rotation or two.
/s/Snark
P.S. I do appreciate and applaud your rather relevant inquiry to the other party.
