Washington Tractor recommended I take my 1947 John Deere engine to National Machines (Olympia WA) for a rebuild. One of the worst mistakes I have ever made regarding machine shops.
Paul does not back his work!
I had Paul rebuild an antique (1947) John Deere engine. Phone quoted me $1600 and charged me $2495. Mind you this is a 2 cyl engine. Got the engine back in the tractor and discovered it wasn't making oil pressure. Took the engine back to him for another $480 worth of trouble shooting and repairs from the dry start damage.
I tore the engine down on my own and did some oil pressure diagnosticcs before restarting it and discovered that he had made a critical reassembly error that allow the oil to just dump back into the oil sump.Oil was pouring out an unplugged access port in the oil gallery. They failed to reinstall the threaded plug behind the cam gear. The engine would never have made oil pressure.
Now he is ignoring my request to make this right?
Paul's shop is not a good place to take your engine repair business!!
Paul does not back his work!
I had Paul rebuild an antique (1947) John Deere engine. Phone quoted me $1600 and charged me $2495. Mind you this is a 2 cyl engine. Got the engine back in the tractor and discovered it wasn't making oil pressure. Took the engine back to him for another $480 worth of trouble shooting and repairs from the dry start damage.
I tore the engine down on my own and did some oil pressure diagnosticcs before restarting it and discovered that he had made a critical reassembly error that allow the oil to just dump back into the oil sump.Oil was pouring out an unplugged access port in the oil gallery. They failed to reinstall the threaded plug behind the cam gear. The engine would never have made oil pressure.
Now he is ignoring my request to make this right?
Paul's shop is not a good place to take your engine repair business!!
