Just an update, sorry it's so long. Metric Machine in Centerville is the shop who built the motor incorrectly. I would avoid them like the plague. They are only wanting to cover the price of new "thicker head gaskets and reassembly parts" I'm not really ok with that so Wasatch has agreed to have a different block done by another machine shop. They, Wasatch are going to cover the rebuild kit parts and all the machine work. I will be responsible for the removal/install labor. That is the last deal we talked about and I am still operating under that assumption. So here is the rest of the drama.
When I spoke with Wasatch on April 17th he said he was dropping the new block off at H&S machine in West Valley. Last week, Wasatch said the block would be done this week, this week it took 4 calls and several texts to get a response. Finally they told me they are picking it up on Monday (it's always tomorrow with these guys) and that they would be doing the final assembly of the short block. Not sure I believe that it was dropped off when they say, but maybe it does take 3 weeks for a machine shop to get to it and bore/hone and deck it.
The first week of April I called and said this needed to get finished and that my patience had ran out, he started back pedaling and getting defensive. He actually said that most of this was my fault, ya. He said I bought a motor and tried to do it myself and there are lots of things I should have checked, that they would have checked had they been the ones installing the motor. I had to swallow really hard. So basically he was saying the new motor I paid for I shouldn't trust and I should verify any work I paid him for to make sure it was actually done. This guy has some small brains or big balls. Best part is he told me when I picked up the motor that he had gone over everything, timing, piston protrusion and he had verified that this engine was primo, but liars forget what lies they have told so whatever, this will all come out in the end. Back to this week.
It gets better, I told them I need a date when the truck will be finished. They said, they will get the block Monday, assemble the short block themselves to ensure it's done correctly, then assemble the long block and get me on the schedule to get the truck on the lift and the engine in but they are really busy and lift time is tight. The guy actually said, and I quote," if you were to walk in off the street today, I'm scheduled two weeks out, so you'd be looking at waiting two weeks, but I'll try and squeeze you in where I can." I literally laughed into the phone and said, my truck has been in your shop since December 27th. I can't make this stuff up. Who the hell tells a customer who has been waiting 5 months that they are booked two weeks out?
In April I was to the point of hiring an attorney and sueing but I am almost to the end of this ordeal and am optimistic (for no apparent reason) that the truck will actually be running before the end of May. Now I'll just have to see what he tries to charge me for his removal/install labor. When Metric was going to pay 1/2 the labor and all the parts, I asked what that labor number would be and he told me $4200, for MY HALF. Ford quoted 38 hours for engine removal/install so I'm sure Wasatch was just wanting me to pay the full thing and telling me Metric covered half. I figure they sold me a bad engine for full price, they have sat on the truck for 5 months, the very least they can do is not charge me full price for their labor, am I expecting too much?
