NOT just screwed, but BOLTED....
LONG story short, a series of 4 guys who 'know' cars, two into Fords, one into Pontiacs, one is a welder who owns the boat....22' Chapparal, I have asked about this here before looking for marine 350 chebby advice...
at any rate, it was VERY carelessly assembled by Ford mechanic freind of owner #1, who sells it to friend of freind ....#2 whom I have met several times, and so, my buddy the Poncho guy, and #1 install this engine in boat...
sells to guy 3, all sorts of troubles....finally get the mysterious harmonica balancer on the front, take it out for about 4 hours....runs like a top, everything fine.....
get to his house, wont' turn over....
pull it to MY house....one glance, and....pull the engine out....
tear it down, basic scrap, water/rust throughout everywhere....
machineshop building long block,
as it was torn down all you all would NOT beleive what I saw....
camshaft/timing gear bolts in finger tight, plastic/aluminum NEW timing gear, chain so sloppy it had 1" of play....rods marked #2 in 3 slots in the block, meaning someone assembled outta spare parts....3 separate engines...
cam worn, lifters convex and dimpled/pitted...wear/galling....
rust everywhere, STEEL cyl head gaskets, NOT stainless....
the list goes on....
some people need not air.....to breathe....
I give up....deliberate sabotage far as I see it....
:devil: :thud: :WTF
so 3 guys have busted their asses over this, and their hard headed failure to listen up to me, and when it was outta there twice before.....tear it ALL down for a complete physical exam including prostate....
:down: :devil: :crazy:
LONG story short, a series of 4 guys who 'know' cars, two into Fords, one into Pontiacs, one is a welder who owns the boat....22' Chapparal, I have asked about this here before looking for marine 350 chebby advice...
at any rate, it was VERY carelessly assembled by Ford mechanic freind of owner #1, who sells it to friend of freind ....#2 whom I have met several times, and so, my buddy the Poncho guy, and #1 install this engine in boat...
sells to guy 3, all sorts of troubles....finally get the mysterious harmonica balancer on the front, take it out for about 4 hours....runs like a top, everything fine.....
get to his house, wont' turn over....
pull it to MY house....one glance, and....pull the engine out....
tear it down, basic scrap, water/rust throughout everywhere....
machineshop building long block,
as it was torn down all you all would NOT beleive what I saw....
camshaft/timing gear bolts in finger tight, plastic/aluminum NEW timing gear, chain so sloppy it had 1" of play....rods marked #2 in 3 slots in the block, meaning someone assembled outta spare parts....3 separate engines...
cam worn, lifters convex and dimpled/pitted...wear/galling....
rust everywhere, STEEL cyl head gaskets, NOT stainless....
the list goes on....
some people need not air.....to breathe....
I give up....deliberate sabotage far as I see it....
:devil: :thud: :WTF
so 3 guys have busted their asses over this, and their hard headed failure to listen up to me, and when it was outta there twice before.....tear it ALL down for a complete physical exam including prostate....
:down: :devil: :crazy: