"Sorting out" Issues...

[MRGEORGE077]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The speedo gear, tach switches, setting the floats, bleeding the brakes, making sure there are no coolant leaks, aligning the wheels, and making sure the exhaust is positioned right, IMO, is the job of whoever dropped in your engine/trans. The wheel bearing should have been right from the outset, but that could just have been a fluke. The T-Bar and solenoid could have happened to anybody at any time. Regarding the shifting problem, I bet your bellhousing was never aligned -- that's a reasonable PITA and I bet your guy just skipped over it, since he seemed to skip over some other basic "get it ready" type jobs. That would be a pisser alright.

You got that correct my friend, just can't wait to see what else breaks after we get all of this fixed.I tool delivery in May and it's been in and out of the shop most of the time.

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by MRGEORGE077

You got that correct my friend, just can't wait to see what else breaks after we get all of this fixed.I tool delivery in May and it's been in and out of the shop most of the time.

My goodness, that has to be incredibly frustrating, to lay out that kind of $$ and get a car that for all intents and purposes is unusable.

There is only one "kit builder" type of business in the Houston area of which I am aware, and one person who specializes in the F5R products, but for those areas where the well known builders are located I bet there is a real need for a mechanic-type business where the focus is to inspect the car before delivery is taken and point out areas that need further attention while it is still in the hands of the builder...sort of like a building inspector, but focused on component cars.

Rest assured, though, something else WILL break...it's just the nature of these things, there is always SOMETHING that needs attention. For those of us who are mechanically inclined and enjoy fiddling around with these toys, that can be a source of joy, but when the issues require expensive attention by specialists (like mine, nobody can figure out why I have low beams and not high beams despite changing out the switch and both halogen bulbs) who charge $80/hr and take their sweet time it can get infuriatingly expensive, not to mention frustrating!

Good luck, George.....

Cheers!

Dugly

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by MRGEORGE077

You got that correct my friend, just can't wait to see what else breaks after we get all of this fixed.I tool delivery in May and it's been in and out of the shop most of the time.

You know, you have a very expensive car, and you no doubt paid a good bit of money to someone, whom you trusted, to do a lot of things that, apparently, were not done. Putting the safety aspect aside for the moment, it's not as if he tried and just did it poorly, but rather he didn't even try at all. He knew what he was skipping over, and he knew that he shouldn't do that, not tell you, and still take your money; but he did it anyway. It's really just stealing, and you have a right to be angry.

[TButtrick]

Originally Posted by patrickt

You know, you have a very expensive car, and you no doubt paid a good bit of money to someone, whom you trusted, to do a lot of things that, apparently, were not done. Putting the safety aspect aside for the moment, it's not as if he tried and just did it poorly, but rather he didn't even try at all. He knew what he was skipping over, and he knew that he shouldn't do that, not tell you, and still take your money; but he did it anyway. It's really just stealing, and you have a right to be angry.

100% Agreed. Someone is accountable and you may have to hold their feet to the fire. If you can't get satisfaction from a personal plea to the responsible party, post the details publicly and you're sure to get quick action if they want to continue doing business with this crowd.