I bought an A4 block that came with crank and rods from this dude after asking alot of questions. I should have never done the deal with a guy with no feedback. I will own that but I figured if there was an issue I could file a claim with my CC company.
I want to lay out the reason for the delay in getting this posted sooner. First it took almost a month to get everything. Granted the big storm you guys in the Southeast had in early January was a biggie. Second, I got injured at work and was off on WC with two herniated discs in my neck and it wasnt until Late Feb when I was cleared to go back to work and lift heavy, etc.
When block arrived everything looked very good. I immediately discovered however the block was bored to .060 not .040. I texted him and got a response of "What?? You serious?....Im gonna call the guy he said it was .040 when he bought it from him".
The hole work was nice and done well so I just decided that I would get the .060 pistons and deal with it. The deck was square and had been finished at some point but not fresh. The mains looked good too with fresh crosshatch but at the time I was physically a mess and did not mic the bores.
When I got healthy enough to get everything to Woody, It was Feb 27 and when I dropped the rotating assembly for balance his balancer was down and he was waiting to fix it and I would be in line. I was fine with that and then mid April Woody called and said the assembly wouldnt balance because the crank had been lightened so much. He then said the rods (rods got in this sale) were jacked up on the pin end. Half were .912 and half .927 ??? He then said he would try going neutral and later no dice.
So then I had to buy a crank and rods from Woody after wasting $100 on pin sizing. After getting all the parts he balanced everything and I came and got everything.
I began the assembly and after checking the bearings and clearances, thats when I found the mains were not done and were off. Here were the results,
main 1:.001
2:.001
3:.0065
4..0015
5..0015
I contacted this dude and he responded with "Okay...." after I told him my bearing clearance results with pictures. I then told him the block was back at the machine shop and would need line bore and caps possibly shaved after they mic'd the mains. I texted him and nothing....however nice thing about iphones is his phone said the texts were delivered and read with time stamp. I told him I was not going to pay and clearly he lied when I originally asked him questions as well as in his ad. I gave him a final notice just before drafting this and nothing. Guys like this who sell stuff that are lying need to be publicly announced. In the meantime, I filed a charge back with Mastercard and am asking for partial refund to cover the work.
Edward Brogden with email brogdenew@gmail.com. He has another negative feedback from a member, wish I would have waited abit before giving him my intial feedback. Thanks guys for taking the time to read, just wanted to keep anyone else from losing $$ to this loser.
I want to lay out the reason for the delay in getting this posted sooner. First it took almost a month to get everything. Granted the big storm you guys in the Southeast had in early January was a biggie. Second, I got injured at work and was off on WC with two herniated discs in my neck and it wasnt until Late Feb when I was cleared to go back to work and lift heavy, etc.
When block arrived everything looked very good. I immediately discovered however the block was bored to .060 not .040. I texted him and got a response of "What?? You serious?....Im gonna call the guy he said it was .040 when he bought it from him".
The hole work was nice and done well so I just decided that I would get the .060 pistons and deal with it. The deck was square and had been finished at some point but not fresh. The mains looked good too with fresh crosshatch but at the time I was physically a mess and did not mic the bores.
When I got healthy enough to get everything to Woody, It was Feb 27 and when I dropped the rotating assembly for balance his balancer was down and he was waiting to fix it and I would be in line. I was fine with that and then mid April Woody called and said the assembly wouldnt balance because the crank had been lightened so much. He then said the rods (rods got in this sale) were jacked up on the pin end. Half were .912 and half .927 ??? He then said he would try going neutral and later no dice.
So then I had to buy a crank and rods from Woody after wasting $100 on pin sizing. After getting all the parts he balanced everything and I came and got everything.
I began the assembly and after checking the bearings and clearances, thats when I found the mains were not done and were off. Here were the results,
main 1:.001
2:.001
3:.0065
4..0015
5..0015
I contacted this dude and he responded with "Okay...." after I told him my bearing clearance results with pictures. I then told him the block was back at the machine shop and would need line bore and caps possibly shaved after they mic'd the mains. I texted him and nothing....however nice thing about iphones is his phone said the texts were delivered and read with time stamp. I told him I was not going to pay and clearly he lied when I originally asked him questions as well as in his ad. I gave him a final notice just before drafting this and nothing. Guys like this who sell stuff that are lying need to be publicly announced. In the meantime, I filed a charge back with Mastercard and am asking for partial refund to cover the work.
Edward Brogden with email brogdenew@gmail.com. He has another negative feedback from a member, wish I would have waited abit before giving him my intial feedback. Thanks guys for taking the time to read, just wanted to keep anyone else from losing $$ to this loser.