Crawl
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jan 8, 2005
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portland,
Maine
Jan 2005 - Purchase 1995 Eclipse GSX with 114k
Feb 2005 belts snap, turns out to be crank pulley, replace it with underdrive pulley
From Then on the car has YET to stop breaking. The car started knocking about a month ago and I call some local shops to get estimates on rebuild, cheapest quote i found after taking engine out and such was about 2200. I found a "NICE" guy on the dsm classifieds selling a JDM Motor with 30k on it and purchased it from this guy. 950$ after shipping. Decent deal.... if it was real. After many many days of painful processing the engine shows up in Maine an hour and a half from where I live and I have to go get it. I pick up the engine bring it to the shop whom im having install it (did i mention i had to borrow all this money from my parents.... ) They take off the Oil pan to find shavings in the pan, the crank moves BY HAND, and it definitely has more than 30k on it. Now lets back up a bit
Just before this I saw a guy on the dsmtuners.com classifieds selling a freshly rebuilt port and polished head. He claimed it had brand new valve train etc... The head comes, it was packaged with packing peanuts..... Ok you can just imagine what thats gotta look like
So finally I get done cleaning out all the peanuts to see that it is only partially ported, Does not have a full new valve train, and that it has been blown and then rewelded with a healey coil..... So yeah thats no good to
Ok back to status, The guy with the head is not responding, and I just found out about the engine today so I am waiting to hear back from the guy who sold me the engine. I have a loan on this GSX for 5500, plus the money I had to borrow from my parents, plus All the money I have invested since I got the car, and the car is no where close to running because People insist on F****ing me.
So guys, when you are considering ripping someone else off, remember this is a fellow DSM'er, Who most likely isnt rich, who cant afford to be ripped off. The 2 people not mentioned have cost me apprx 1700$ after all things taken into affect, and i wont count the fact that I dont have a damn car and cant get anywhere or to work etc... I am an average hard working 23 year old with a steady job and alot of bills. I am far from rich and You have totaly screwed me, Thank you
I am waiting 2 days to hear back from both persons, If i have not recieved a Full refund by then the company lawyer will be contacting both of these people, as they were kind enough to give me there cell phone numbers, home address's, and the mechanic can gladly testify the condition in which these parts where recieved. Seeing how I have nothing to lose and It wont cost me a penny , Expect to hear from me
Feb 2005 belts snap, turns out to be crank pulley, replace it with underdrive pulley
From Then on the car has YET to stop breaking. The car started knocking about a month ago and I call some local shops to get estimates on rebuild, cheapest quote i found after taking engine out and such was about 2200. I found a "NICE" guy on the dsm classifieds selling a JDM Motor with 30k on it and purchased it from this guy. 950$ after shipping. Decent deal.... if it was real. After many many days of painful processing the engine shows up in Maine an hour and a half from where I live and I have to go get it. I pick up the engine bring it to the shop whom im having install it (did i mention i had to borrow all this money from my parents.... ) They take off the Oil pan to find shavings in the pan, the crank moves BY HAND, and it definitely has more than 30k on it. Now lets back up a bit
Just before this I saw a guy on the dsmtuners.com classifieds selling a freshly rebuilt port and polished head. He claimed it had brand new valve train etc... The head comes, it was packaged with packing peanuts..... Ok you can just imagine what thats gotta look like
So finally I get done cleaning out all the peanuts to see that it is only partially ported, Does not have a full new valve train, and that it has been blown and then rewelded with a healey coil..... So yeah thats no good to
Ok back to status, The guy with the head is not responding, and I just found out about the engine today so I am waiting to hear back from the guy who sold me the engine. I have a loan on this GSX for 5500, plus the money I had to borrow from my parents, plus All the money I have invested since I got the car, and the car is no where close to running because People insist on F****ing me.
So guys, when you are considering ripping someone else off, remember this is a fellow DSM'er, Who most likely isnt rich, who cant afford to be ripped off. The 2 people not mentioned have cost me apprx 1700$ after all things taken into affect, and i wont count the fact that I dont have a damn car and cant get anywhere or to work etc... I am an average hard working 23 year old with a steady job and alot of bills. I am far from rich and You have totaly screwed me, Thank you
I am waiting 2 days to hear back from both persons, If i have not recieved a Full refund by then the company lawyer will be contacting both of these people, as they were kind enough to give me there cell phone numbers, home address's, and the mechanic can gladly testify the condition in which these parts where recieved. Seeing how I have nothing to lose and It wont cost me a penny , Expect to hear from me
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