- 1. Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 20:25:45 -0500
- You may recall my recent story of tight valve guides after a valve job. Well. I just walked into the same shop with another head and was aranging for a no-lead head job. All was going well until I re
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00063.html (7,546 bytes)
- 2. RE: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: "Cram, Geoff" <gcram@wdni.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 07:52:00 -0800
- Reminds me of the time a friend and I took a couple of engines (MGB and Chevy 350) to Patterson Cylinder (NJ) for tanking and general rework. At my friend's request, I called them up afterwards to as
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00150.html (8,191 bytes)
- 3. Re: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:42:08 -0500
- tight guides on the last job and would they be careful this time around? At that point I was invited to take my work somewhere else. I believe the axact words were, "We don't want you to be unhappy
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00173.html (7,557 bytes)
- 4. Re: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 03:53:44 -0500
- << ..... I called them up afterwards to ask for a specific honing stone or pattern or something for the rings he was using, at which point I was told told to take our engines home - that they didn't
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00187.html (7,676 bytes)
- 5. Re: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch)
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 04:53:35 -0800
- The problem is machine shops would rather deal with volume customers and do not really get a tremendous amount of business from "one timers". What you need to do when deal with these places is drop a
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00195.html (7,382 bytes)
- 6. Re: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:03:34 -0500
- << Life's too short to deal with such **holes! Fortunately, there are many good folks out there who appreciate a customer. Once you find them, you''ve got a life long relationship. >> Yup! And the go
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00214.html (7,285 bytes)
- 7. RE: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: "Wade Shanley" <Wadesh@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 23:14:03 UT
- Barney, have you tried working with Tom Jasefek. He's in Glendale Heights...has 30+ years experience with MGs. Does really good work. He's kind of slow turning around jobs, but he is thorough. He usu
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00250.html (8,143 bytes)
- 8. Re: Bad shops (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 03:02:09 -0500
- << Barney, have you tried working with Tom Jasefek. He's in Glendale Heights...has 30+ years experience with MGs. Does really good work. He's kind of slow turning around jobs, but he is thorough. He
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00281.html (7,727 bytes)
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