Posted by Fritz Maurer on July 23, 2011 at 22:15:02 from (216.137.136.245):
I look at the stuff I've been getting back from my machinist, and it doesn't look the same. They used to remove everything that pressed or screwed into the block or head before hot tanking, and put the parts in a bag, wired to your casting when you got it back. This time they didn't even remove an old, rotten rubber core plug from the back of one of a pair of heads, but installed new cup plug in same position on other head. Bonehead moves are getting closer together with this new guy on the payroll.Last one was when I needed 6 rods pin fitted. The bushings were right, but they found it necessary to shot-peen the rods. Well, the rod caps on a 460 Diesel are of the tongue-and-groove configuration, and the shot-peening mashed the grooves and the cap wouldn't go on. Furious, I took the rods back off the pistons and was about to take them back, but...I didn't want to blow 3 more days just to make a point,I've been waiting YEARS to start on this tractor, and I had the condition corrected in about an hour anyway. But I keep thinking, they got away with it again, you know? I am curious if you might have noticed any subtle changes with your machinist that lead to your recent disaster. Fritz
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