[T2] now what.?

[Rob]

Didn't he say he paid extra for the 'guaranteed to never fall out" 
service? Then the mechanic says prove he said "all" the plugs?

This honestly sounds like 'shop owner CYA talk' when the shop is 
secure in the knowledge that getting help from the legal industry 
would cost more than the cost of a replacement engine. I really like 
the part where the driver should have stopped after all the oil 
dumped, the lite went on and before the engine seized.

Sad talk all around, welcome to the 21st century America.

Rob
vwrobb at gmail.com




At  10/20/2014 02:44 PM,Billiumboy wrote:
>Why would anyone warranty a seized engine if the oil galley plug 
>backed out?  You should always check your oil before you start your 
>motor.  Your oil light should always work. So either the owner did 
>not check the oil or did not shut off the motor when the oil light 
>lit. Either way it is owner negligence versus motor builder negligence. Ymmv.
>
> > On Oct 20, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Jim Denton <2thingswild at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Calm down, that is about the best you can do. Sad that he will not back up
> > his work, but that is the way of the world. Go to someone else next time
> > around, at least bad publicity may make him think twice next time around.
> >
> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:19 AM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> engine siezed last week.
> >>
> >> took it to Derrick Zimmerer at Way out salvage (recommended by bus depot)
> >>
> >> seems a galley plug came out.!!!
> >>
> >> wait a minute.
> >> this is a Boston Bob Donalds rebuilt engine.  paid good money for it. runs
> >> like a champ when it runs.
> >>
> >> just after Bob Donalds dies the engine seizes.  galley plug fell out.
> >> gary LaBlanc at suburband engine who supposedly was Bob Donalds top
> >> mechanic and took over much of his work fixed it and was specifically
> >> instructed to make sure no galley plug could possibly come out.
> >>
> >> when I recieved the engine several galley plugs were obviously tapped and
> >> sealed.  so figured I got my moneys worth and engine ran fine for 13,000
> >> miles. then siezed.????  WTF.
> >>
> >> Derrick calls and tells me a galley plug fell out!? WHAT I paid Gary
> >> LaBlanc to make sure that never happened again (fool me once shame on you
> >> fool me twice shame on me) I have found many ways in 40yrs to mess up my
> >> ride but not the same way twice
> >>
> >> finally got thru to LaBlanc this morning and explain the problem and he
> >> basically says "so what" engines out of warranty.  wait a minute 
> I paid you
> >> to seal all the galley plugs so they would never come out.  he wants me to
> >> prove he said he would do "all" of the galley plugs?!
> >>
> >> I get made when I pay someone to do a job and it doesn't get done. and
> >> that is what appears to have happened.    so now what. I am not rich as
> >> most on this list know. don't have money to keep fixing the same 
> thing over
> >> and over.  since when do galley plugs fall out in the first place.
> >>
> >> Ideas??
> >> take him to court??
> >> take up a collection from the poor folks on this list to fix his mistake?
> >>
> >>
> >> need to calm down....
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Bob