Sounds to me like Jim did you a favor to send you away before you spent any
money. Far worse to discover his arrogance $300 later trying to resolve a
dispute. He sounds like many these days with more customers than they can
handle.
Grant 50 3100
TORODRVR@aol.com wrote:
> I'm rebuilding an Olds 403 for installation in an oletruck, and something
> happened yesterday that has me seeing RED!
> I took the heads to Jim's Machine Shop in Greeley CO for reconditioning.
> Since valve stem height is critical on Olds engines, and I paid $50 for a
> Mondello guage to measure same, I took it along for Jimmy to use. He stated
> that "when a customer buys a tool and brings it in, it means he's going to be
> too nit-picky" and he flatly refused to do the job! Not wanting to burn any
> bridges, I withheld my evaluation of his personality and left the shop. That
> was extremely difficult for me to do, but somehow I managed, and telling my
> wife about it helped me to control my anger.
> If anybody knows of a good machine shop in my area, please forward their
> telephone number to me. At present I am waiting for my community college to
> return for the fall quarter, so I can rebuild the heads in class. I expect to
> still need a machine shop to install hardened exhaust valve seats and at
> least one valve guide. The good news is, I'll save one large amount of money
> that would have gone to Jimmy. Not only did he miss out on an estimated $275
> for the heads, but I was planning to have him bore a block for another
> project. That would have been around $200.
> Thanks for "listening".
>
> Mike Jensen
> Greeley CO
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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