Stopped by Spring­field Auto Machine LLC to check on the sizes for the con­nect­ing rod bolts, so I can be sure we have every­thing we need when the parts arrive. I was pleased to see the block up on the Line Borer and being worked while I was there. We are mov­ing along and I am look­ing for­ward to get­ting this part of the project fin­ished. These guys are great to work with, very help­ful and truly inter­ested in help­ing me get this project done eco­nom­i­cally. Need engine machine work, see them, you won’t be disappointed.

The day took a dra­matic turn late this after­noon when I called Egge Machine to check on the sta­tus of my engine parts order. Long story short, I called them on Sept. 2nd and spoke to Steve who told me they had no prob­lems with any of the parts, but did not have the pis­tons in my size (+40). They were not sched­uled to cast more until mid Octo­ber and I told him I could not wait that long as I had to have the motor re-installed by the end of Octo­ber. He then told me he would see to it that they would take a larger set and cus­tom grind them to my size and then ship the whole kit by today (Sep­tem­ber 11). Well, when I call today, I find out he is on vaca­tion until Thurs­day, the kit has not yet shipped and worse, the pis­tons were never sched­uled to be ground. He really dropped the ball on this one.

I spoke with Dell, who was cov­er­ing for Steve, and told him that to say I was PO’d would be a real under state­ment. My tem­per got the best of me and I told them to just can­cel the whole order, he asked me to hang in there and promised to work it out, I had already wasted 9 days now and it was 5:00PM my time so I finally agreed and we left it that I would wait until Mon­day to decide what to do. I got off the phone and was not in a real good mood, nobody in the office wanted to deal with me for sure! I was on a real rant about how this is prob­a­bly the hard­est $1,700.00 I’ve ever spent. To my com­plete amaze­ment, he called me back 15 min­utes later to say he had located pis­tons, talked to the shop super­vi­sor, expe­dited the grind­ing and hoped to get them done Mon­day and shipped by Tues­day, promised to ship them the fastest way at no charge. Well, all I can say is if Dell actu­ally does every­thing he said he was going to do, he’s going to be my new best friend.….. Have a great weekend.

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