| [GMCnet] Engine from S & S Spokane [message #243661] |
Sat, 15 March 2014 18:57 |
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This thread is exactly why I continue to think we need an engine builder score card. Far too many anecdotes and far too little factual reporting of good and bad experiences here on the net to be of much value to anyone. I know of several people who have had a good experience with S & J engines just as we have so far and only know of this one failure plus one example where the crank seal surface was improperly machined (fixed under warrantee including R&R labor cost) but that does not mean those few points of knowledge are in any way indicative of the whole universe of experience with these, or any other engines used in our application.
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:15:11 -0500
From: Kerry Pinkerton <Pinkertonk@MCHSI.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Engine from S & S Spokane
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Message-ID: <3b797.53247c8f@gmc.mybirdfeeder.net>
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powwerjon wrote on Sat, 15 March 2014 10:05
> The motor was from S & J that lasted 350 miles not S&S!
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> J.R. Wright
> 30' Buskirk Stretch
> Michigan
> On Location in Tucson...
It would be really nice if the moderators/admins could edit the thread and the first post to reflect the correct builder.
Ken Henderson wrote on Sat, 15 March 2014 08:24
> ... Careful amateurs CAN build reliable engines; professionals CAN build junk.
YES! Although as the old saw goes..."Stuff happens sometimes." It happens to NASA. Stuff happens to Dick Paterson, Koba, that Pinkerton loudmouth and everyone else who does things.
As Jim K said, the proof of the rebuilder is in the warranty. Unfortunately, the R&R is the biggest expense and pain imo and I doubt they will cover that.
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Kerry Pinkerton
North Alabama, near Huntsville,
77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, also a 76 Eleganza being re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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