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    Never had a single complaint about a blown engine from them, or any other problems what so ever for that matter. The car to this day, is still running strong.

    Just sayin'.

    And if you were such a great certified mechanic, you should have noticed a dented oil pan while you were under there replacing your active aero dam.

    But I haven't been alive as long as you've been a fully licensed aircraft mechanic and inspector, so what do I know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Emilie@GZP View Post
    Never had a single complaint about a blown engine from them, or any other problems what so ever for that matter. The car to this day, is still running strong.

    Just sayin'.

    And if you were such a great certified mechanic, you should have noticed a dented oil pan while you were under there replacing your active aero dam.

    But I haven't been alive as long as you've been a fully licensed aircraft mechanic and inspector, so what do I know.
    I did but not knowing these particular engines and how critical the sump clearance was I didn't think enough about it! That is my fault entirely. If I had I would have never bought the car. Sometimes you have to take things on good faith and trust people, unfortunately in this incidence my good faith was misplaced. Yes I did realize that this car needed work which I was willing to do if I wasn't I would have paid $15,000 plus for a good example. What I wasn't expecting was to be lied to and sold a total wreck that I could have bought off Craigslist for half the amount. Next time I will do more research to prevent myself from being ripped off again.

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    We never lied to you about a thing. If the pan was dented when we sold it to you, we would have happily replaced it, or supplied a replacement. That's a very simple thing to do. We installed the engine in the car. It would have been a matter of minutes to swap on a new pan, or pop the dent out while we had the engine on the stand.

    As I said, I'm really sorry to hear this happened, but unfortunately, things do happen that just really don't have anything to do with the previous owner ripping you off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emilie@GZP View Post
    We never lied to you about a thing. If the pan was dented when we sold it to you, we would have happily replaced it, or supplied a replacement. That's a very simple thing to do. We installed the engine in the car. It would have been a matter of minutes to swap on a new pan, or pop the dent out while we had the engine on the stand.

    As I said, I'm really sorry to hear this happened, but unfortunately, things do happen that just really don't have anything to do with the previous owner ripping you off.
    Well maybe we both learned something from this experience. Next time I won't buy a GT with a dented sump and you won't instal an engine with one. Anyway I've said my peace. Goodbye.

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    The latest news on this car. Straight from the engine builder. The rear head is trash! I though it would be repairable but unfortunately it isn't. Luckily the shop managed to locate a used one, which they will clean and machine for me at a good price. (should have bought a GT from them)

    Also the spool as mentioned earlier in the transfer case is definitely toast so that needs a rebuild too. This was due to the worn out output shaft. Something that would have been easily spotted when the engine was installed.

    Oh will it ever end…...

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