You're absolutely correct. It only takes a few extra minutes to do things correctly instead you have Sapegtti mess of wiring. Let alone all the rework. These are very basic engine-rebuilding skills. I agree with you 100%.
Someone I used to know had a Toyota V6 engine rebuilt that belonged to a 4Runner. He paid 4K on a high quality rebuild but it had problems. So I took a look at it. I found that the only work done to it was new head gaskets and an engine paint job to make things look new. There was coolant in the oil pan. massive vacuum leaks and the quality of labor was worse than unskilled. He showed me the receipt from the shop with all the items they claim to replace. I decided to take a drive with my buddy that owned the Toyota to the shop so I can complaint and make threats. Well, the shop was completely gone. There was no trace of any business existing on that lot. Scammers are out there.
Right there with you on the stuff buddy, I don't even have a shop and people bring shit to me thats been worked on by every shop in the area thats jacked up. Do it right the first time and take pride in your work. Hell you can't even go through a drive thru and get your shit right. Sad world we live in.
Hardest thing for me is finding someone to actually do a real alignment and do more than set toe,I keep wanting to buy plates etc and start doing my own ,I learned in a dealership without that computer crap they use to do alignments
@@THEJERK67 yeah same thing here in my area, last alignment machine I used was the hunter dsp400. Ive used the old bear string style and ammco magnet gauges yrs ago. But your right, trying to find a good honest person that takes pride in their work is almost a needle in a haystack. You keep doing what you do and I'll keep doing what I do, in the end at least we know theirs 2 people for sure that take pride in their work lol.
I had something similar happened to my brother with his Dodge pick up. He blew a head gasket so he took it to a shop to have a new head, gasket and pair of heads put on it. After sitting at the shop for a week, the shop told him he needed a new engine because the motor was bad. So he okayed to have a new engine put into it. So they took his engine transmission and transfer case and swap it out with not a Dodge. But a Chevrolet big block that was seized solid due to sitting outside full of rainwater. Turns out they sold his small block. Transmission and transfer case plus the $15000 for parts and labor. For a truck That mostly just needed a head gasket and heads.
Yeah they told him his original engine had a dead cylinder but no explanation why, probably needed a valve or valve spring ,you can't just have a cylinder with no compression for no reason
" Rebuilt " - were the heads EVER removed ? See if you can determine if the bolts were removed . Possibly by looking in the valve cover through the oil filler with a bore scope / camera . " Rebuilt " with a can of orange spray paint !
I'm gonna pull the carb I'm pretty confident the gasket under it its causing a vacuum leak just had same issue on another friend with a sbc and a qjet, I'll also probably pull a plug and scope a cylinder see if it's got cross hatch in cylinders or smooth wore out smh fingers crossed,I did run the numbers the engine is what they told him
@@THEJERK67 very kind of you sir to spend 30 hours on this thing, hope he's buying you some beer too. Makes me sick to know a "speed shop" could charge for such shoddy work.
Ok now I'll go on a rant about why people just can't seem to make videos in portrait mode. Who doesn't love trying to watch video that looks tiny on a big screen? Save that crap for TikTok...
I wouldn't say the shop was bad I would say a young mechanic you don't know nothing about the old cars he is probably a computer guy who has to do everything off of a computer it tells them how to do it plugging in plug here plug there comes the older cars I don't know what to do they're lost I was in that I had a truck for about for 3 weeks until I got it back when I had time to fix it so the internet goes both ways the older mechanics can't get to take can't use permanent text on these plastic gaskets And the newer mechanics can't figure out mechanical problems until a computer tells them but then again though they should have a supervisor or an older guy or a buff don't let the garbage like that go by
This is the story I tell people when they say I'm crazy to do my own work. Paying some one is no guarantee of anything.
You're absolutely correct. It only takes a few extra minutes to do things correctly instead you have Sapegtti mess of wiring. Let alone all the rework. These are very basic engine-rebuilding skills. I agree with you 100%.
Someone I used to know had a Toyota V6 engine rebuilt that belonged to a 4Runner. He paid 4K on a high quality rebuild but it had problems. So I took a look at it. I found that the only work done to it was new head gaskets and an engine paint job to make things look new. There was coolant in the oil pan. massive vacuum leaks and the quality of labor was worse than unskilled. He showed me the receipt from the shop with all the items they claim to replace. I decided to take a drive with my buddy that owned the Toyota to the shop so I can complaint and make threats. Well, the shop was completely gone. There was no trace of any business existing on that lot. Scammers are out there.
Unreal the shit people do when it's easier to do it right the first time
Right there with you on the stuff buddy, I don't even have a shop and people bring shit to me thats been worked on by every shop in the area thats jacked up. Do it right the first time and take pride in your work. Hell you can't even go through a drive thru and get your shit right. Sad world we live in.
Hardest thing for me is finding someone to actually do a real alignment and do more than set toe,I keep wanting to buy plates etc and start doing my own ,I learned in a dealership without that computer crap they use to do alignments
@@THEJERK67 yeah same thing here in my area, last alignment machine I used was the hunter dsp400. Ive used the old bear string style and ammco magnet gauges yrs ago. But your right, trying to find a good honest person that takes pride in their work is almost a needle in a haystack. You keep doing what you do and I'll keep doing what I do, in the end at least we know theirs 2 people for sure that take pride in their work lol.
you are correct about shoddy workmanship, you are wrong about the belts Corvette engines use deep groove pulleys.
I had something similar happened to my brother with his Dodge pick up. He blew a head gasket so he took it to a shop to have a new head, gasket and pair of heads put on it. After sitting at the shop for a week, the shop told him he needed a new engine because the motor was bad. So he okayed to have a new engine put into it. So they took his engine transmission and transfer case and swap it out with not a Dodge. But a Chevrolet big block that was seized solid due to sitting outside full of rainwater. Turns out they sold his small block. Transmission and transfer case plus the $15000 for parts and labor. For a truck That mostly just needed a head gasket and heads.
Yeah they told him his original engine had a dead cylinder but no explanation why, probably needed a valve or valve spring ,you can't just have a cylinder with no compression for no reason
If the car is pre-OBDII, you should do your own work because free technician know how.
Yes people that know how to work on older cars seems to be getting less and less, OBD2 is dumbing down techs in some ways imo
Dwell is the angle through which the points stay closed, not open. I'm not sure I'd want you working on my ignition system.
I mis spoke,Open closed it dosent matter people get the point,needs to be properly set with a dwell meter
" Rebuilt " - were the heads EVER removed ? See if you can determine if the bolts were removed . Possibly by looking in the valve cover through the oil filler with a bore scope / camera . " Rebuilt " with a can of orange spray paint !
I'm gonna pull the carb I'm pretty confident the gasket under it its causing a vacuum leak just had same issue on another friend with a sbc and a qjet, I'll also probably pull a plug and scope a cylinder see if it's got cross hatch in cylinders or smooth wore out smh fingers crossed,I did run the numbers the engine is what they told him
Did that once got screwed out of 7k
Man... Id like to know what you're charging this poor guy...its like they got their appreciate on the job with no guidance.
I'm not a shop so he's buying the supplies ,can't really charge not a shop, friend of a friend feel bad for the guy
@@THEJERK67 very kind of you sir to spend 30 hours on this thing, hope he's buying you some beer too. Makes me sick to know a "speed shop" could charge for such shoddy work.
Ok now I'll go on a rant about why people just can't seem to make videos in portrait mode. Who doesn't love trying to watch video that looks tiny on a big screen? Save that crap for TikTok...
Lol you say Radiator funny
I wouldn't say the shop was bad I would say a young mechanic you don't know nothing about the old cars he is probably a computer guy who has to do everything off of a computer it tells them how to do it plugging in plug here plug there comes the older cars I don't know what to do they're lost I was in that I had a truck for about for 3 weeks until I got it back when I had time to fix it so the internet goes both ways the older mechanics can't get to take can't use permanent text on these plastic gaskets And the newer mechanics can't figure out mechanical problems until a computer tells them but then again though they should have a supervisor or an older guy or a buff don't let the garbage like that go by