About a year and a half ago, I dropped my oil pan to change hte gasket, and do some general inspection. I found that the pan was FULL of metal shavings.
Combined with the fact that I was seeing a seriously noticable loss in power, I figured it was time for a new engine.
I contacted a very well known builder of IH engines, and spoke with him about what I wanted and needed. We specced out the project, and he told me it would take about two and a half months.
At that point, I send him a deposit for the engine, that was quite a bit of money.
Two and a half months came and went.
Next, he promised me that it would be ready for the Colorado Rendevouz. The Colorado Rendevouz came and went.
He promised me that it would be ready for the Arizona IH Rendevouz, and that he could bring it to me, since he was coming to it. The AZ Rendevouz came, he came to the it, but my engine was no where in sight.
I was starting to get a little miffed at this point. His excuse for not bringing it, was that his machine shop had not finished the heads. I was a little bothered that it still wasn't finished at all, a full year after the original deal. He promised me that it would be done in a couple of weeks.
A couple of months have come and gone, and guess what? No engine.
Over the past few weeks, I have left several voice messages for this individual at their work number, but have not had ONE call returned.
I finally got ahold of him today by phone, to see if it was done, because Gen. Nonsense was going to be in the area and could have picked it up for me. It's still not done. He told me that due to his involvement in the Colorado Rendevouz, it wouldn't be even finished till after that. He promised me that he'd drive the engine down to AZ himself for me, and was unfailingly polite, but politeness isn't going to get me back and forth to work when my current engine craps out. Which seems to be imminent.
The vendor has always been a nice guy, and always been polite. He is a pretty big name to the IH world, and I don't want to stir up shit for or with him. But at this point, he's had my money for well over a year, and I've got nothing to show for it.
How do I handle this?
At this point, I think I just want my money back, and I'll go with a used engine or a local rebuild.
The suck deal, is that the Scout is my only running rig, so I need it to get back and forth to work.
Combined with the fact that I was seeing a seriously noticable loss in power, I figured it was time for a new engine.
I contacted a very well known builder of IH engines, and spoke with him about what I wanted and needed. We specced out the project, and he told me it would take about two and a half months.
At that point, I send him a deposit for the engine, that was quite a bit of money.
Two and a half months came and went.
Next, he promised me that it would be ready for the Colorado Rendevouz. The Colorado Rendevouz came and went.
He promised me that it would be ready for the Arizona IH Rendevouz, and that he could bring it to me, since he was coming to it. The AZ Rendevouz came, he came to the it, but my engine was no where in sight.
I was starting to get a little miffed at this point. His excuse for not bringing it, was that his machine shop had not finished the heads. I was a little bothered that it still wasn't finished at all, a full year after the original deal. He promised me that it would be done in a couple of weeks.
A couple of months have come and gone, and guess what? No engine.
Over the past few weeks, I have left several voice messages for this individual at their work number, but have not had ONE call returned.
I finally got ahold of him today by phone, to see if it was done, because Gen. Nonsense was going to be in the area and could have picked it up for me. It's still not done. He told me that due to his involvement in the Colorado Rendevouz, it wouldn't be even finished till after that. He promised me that he'd drive the engine down to AZ himself for me, and was unfailingly polite, but politeness isn't going to get me back and forth to work when my current engine craps out. Which seems to be imminent.
The vendor has always been a nice guy, and always been polite. He is a pretty big name to the IH world, and I don't want to stir up shit for or with him. But at this point, he's had my money for well over a year, and I've got nothing to show for it.
How do I handle this?
At this point, I think I just want my money back, and I'll go with a used engine or a local rebuild.
The suck deal, is that the Scout is my only running rig, so I need it to get back and forth to work.