Smoking. Cracked ring...??? What to do

artvonne · March 05, 2011, 06:32:46 PM

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I was surprised when I saw it intact. The mechanic even said... "Even the tip is there."

I asked if I could have it, but there was a $61 core charge.
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In hindsight, it may well have been $61 well spent for when they deny it wasnt damaged.

thejumpsuitman · March 05, 2011, 06:39:42 PM

I don't think it really matters. The mechanic's theory was that the piston was cracked from stress caused by ether. Like I said before, we will never know what really happened.

JohnEd · March 05, 2011, 08:14:55 PM

Quote from: artvonne on March 05, 2011, 11:50:35 AM
First off, until all of this came up I was a bit more ignorant than I am right now. Had it been me, two weeksago, I would most likely have found my way into the same deal Marc had. I dont know as I would have been able to sit still 9 days watching work come through ahead of me without going berzerk, but still. $1200 and on my way, again, the shop had a stellar reputation, not a ton of money, lets burn some road...

I probably would have come a bit unglued when I came back and they told me the engines junk, after taking $1200 of my hard earned money to fix it, and send me down the road without saying it was junk to begin with. But they worked on it some more and im back with Marc again.

I was also alongside for the tow, fully believing that Williams was really going to step up to the plate and take care of business. However, when they said no fuel in the oil, I might have just pulled the plug right there and then. You can only betray trust so many times.

I am with you on that 100% I would have paid to have it towed anywhere else. Anywhere I thought I could get even the barest of a competent job. Anywhere!

thejumpsuitman · March 06, 2011, 01:05:21 PM

After church today I was talking with a guy who works on construction equipment... Turns out he is an old 2-stroke guy! He said just the other day he was rebuilding a 3-71on a piece of equipment. I may have local help after all! Now if I had only invited him on our trip to pick up the bus!

RickB · March 06, 2011, 01:27:14 PM

Artvonne and John Ed
We all get your viewpoint on this so let's move on shall we.

Let's be done with talking about folks that aren't here to respond and while we're at it, let's realize these are people we're talking about. People who just like us make mistakes and just like us have families. They're not monsters, they're folks like us trying to make a living.
They also have made and kept commitments to fix this situation.

This horse is dead let's quit beating it alright?

RB

Busted Knuckle · March 06, 2011, 04:57:55 PM

Horse? We got a horse in all this now?
When & how did the horse die? And why on earth are we beating this poor horse's body.
Did this horse cause all of this?
I am totally lost, I thought we were talking about Eagles and now we got a beaten dead horse!

BK

chart1 · March 06, 2011, 05:16:29 PM

I am with you on that 100% I would have paid to have it towed anywhere else. Anywhere I thought I could get even the barest of a competent job. Anywhere!

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Even If you had a warranty for the work you just paid for and was going to get that money credited and told they would pay for the tow to go to in fact a different shop!!
Huh.. You do make mistakes too... you are human

JohnEd · March 06, 2011, 06:21:03 PM

Quote from: RickB on March 06, 2011, 01:27:14 PM
Artvonne and John Ed
We all get your viewpoint on this so let's move on shall we.

Let's be done with talking about folks that aren't here to respond and while we're at it, let's realize these are people we're talking about. People who just like us make mistakes and just like us have families. They're not monsters, they're folks like us trying to make a living.
They also have made and kept commitments to fix this situation.

This horse is dead let's quit beating it alright?

RB

Rick,
You are right about most of it. Yes, Art and I seem to be in sync and of common mind. It is a dead issue and has been overdone by me. I do appreciate your calling me on it.

Chart,

If they were doing all those things you mentioned I would be delighted and you couldn't drive me from that shop to get the work done elsewhere. But Rick seems to have raised a good point and I will accommodate him(and maybe others) and let this dead horse lie. We will tell BK it is a dead Egglle to avoid further confusing him, bless his heart.

John

PP · March 06, 2011, 06:32:42 PM

John, from what I've heard, BK is a big boy, go ahead and tell him the truth, the horse is dead and gone! Eagles don't die, they just fade to rust (oops)

chart1 · March 06, 2011, 06:38:28 PM

Almost got to the point of politics....LOL

artvonne · March 06, 2011, 08:48:39 PM

Quote from: JohnEd on March 06, 2011, 06:21:03 PM
If they were doing all those things you mentioned I would be delighted and you couldn't drive me from that shop to get the work done elsewhere.

If they were doing half as well as we thought they should we probably wouldnt have heard half as much about them.

As far as the people in question, crooks are people too ya know. And if a nut like me can find his way here, im sure someone from the place in question could as well.

As far as a dead horse, and hitting one with a stick, or other implement, I never hit a horse, dead or otherwise, and take offense at the suggestion. Now there was that guy up in Wisconsin who was seen hitting a dead horse...

I went to look at a Bus down here. It was on Dead Horse Mountain Road. Honest.

Elvis has left the building.

Ed Hackenbruch · March 07, 2011, 06:44:39 AM

There is a Dead Horse State Park in AZ.

chart1 · March 07, 2011, 07:56:00 AM

Ok guys there is a thread in the off topic for dead horses...If you are tired about hearing this topic dont click on it.
Marc, LET US KNOW IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM WILLIAMS A LOT OF US ARE STILL CURIOUS OF THE OUTCOME.

thejumpsuitman · March 07, 2011, 08:14:17 AM

I expect to hear something today. I was looking forward to seeing the pictures of the damage, but he hasn't sent them yet.

Again, I reserve final judgement until this whole ordeal is over. Their shop in Montgomery needs a spanking, but if they make it right in the end, "all sins are forgiven."

By the way, this is now the #1 most replied-to bus-related post in BCM history... (if you don't count sticky threads)... And it's dead horse by a nose!...

JohnEd · March 07, 2011, 09:26:52 AM

Quote from: chart1 on March 07, 2011, 07:56:00 AM
Ok guys there is a thread in the off topic for dead horses...If you are tired about hearing this topic don't click on it.
Marc, LET US KNOW IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM WILLIAMS A LOT OF US ARE STILL CURIOUS OF THE OUTCOME.

Profound wisdom!

Now that is well said. Really! Much of this ta-do is about other nuts posting. Not a discussion about what they said, so much, but more to the point that they shouldn't have said anything at all or are repetitive.

I would add that if you are fatigued with a particular poster there is ALWAYS the ignore button. Sadly that is the selected option of wussus that are unable to make their point and choose the Rush option of hanging up when a question you don't like is raised even once.