thejollyrancher
10+ Year Contributor
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- Mar 31, 2012
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calgary,
AB_Canada
This has been one hell of a build, and I think Ive had enough of this crap. I bought a resurfaced head from a user on here and upon getting realized that it was pretty botched. So I took it to a machine shop that found the seats to be just as bad. No big deal right? I test out some new valves after some lapping and have 3 or 4 valves leaking pretty bad so I decide to go back to the machine shop, they quote me 350 to get the valves mated to the seats properly.
A week later I call in and the owner says, and I quote, "oh youre sh*tty a** head, *sigh* ya gimme a couple hours". This upset me quite a bit. I show up that evening, cough up the 350, and go home to test the valves. No cams, I shoot some soapy water in back of the valves, and crank by hand. The whole thing is frothing like a rabid wolf in a chicken coup. 13 LEAKING VALVES! They didn't just f*** up, they went above and beyond! The response I get when I tell them this is "We vacuum test every head before it leaves, and if it passes 18 psi vacuum then were done.". They refuse to believe it doesn't seat. I have videos showing the frothing of the valves and the OBVIOUS leaking, but I keep getting the same "if it passes vacuum testing then its seating". Its not. Its very obviously not. Why the hell else would it be bubbling so much?!
Ive had it with this. We have a great platform and a fantastic following, it just feels like when it comes to the modified car scene, people loose their decency.
Any advice on how to proceed? I can obviously see it leaking air both ways, on the up and down travel of the piston it either spits our bubbles or sucks them in. How in the world could it pass vacuum testing? Am I missing something, or are these people as dense as I think?
A week later I call in and the owner says, and I quote, "oh youre sh*tty a** head, *sigh* ya gimme a couple hours". This upset me quite a bit. I show up that evening, cough up the 350, and go home to test the valves. No cams, I shoot some soapy water in back of the valves, and crank by hand. The whole thing is frothing like a rabid wolf in a chicken coup. 13 LEAKING VALVES! They didn't just f*** up, they went above and beyond! The response I get when I tell them this is "We vacuum test every head before it leaves, and if it passes 18 psi vacuum then were done.". They refuse to believe it doesn't seat. I have videos showing the frothing of the valves and the OBVIOUS leaking, but I keep getting the same "if it passes vacuum testing then its seating". Its not. Its very obviously not. Why the hell else would it be bubbling so much?!
Ive had it with this. We have a great platform and a fantastic following, it just feels like when it comes to the modified car scene, people loose their decency.
Any advice on how to proceed? I can obviously see it leaking air both ways, on the up and down travel of the piston it either spits our bubbles or sucks them in. How in the world could it pass vacuum testing? Am I missing something, or are these people as dense as I think?