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Originally Posted by 28tbsfan
I appreciate that….as a business owner, unfortunately, you have to accept the fact folks will be critical of your work right or wrong.
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So I re-read the thread, and my first reply, and I was too subtle with a big point I was trying to make. At one point you ask is 18 months unreasonable? Yes and no.
Do you know who Armando is? He's the air cooled crankshaft guy. I have no idea if he's even still in business, but prior to covid there were times where he had a 2 year waiting list. There used to Rick Jacksic on the east coast. Many people used him for their machine work, but the wait was often 6 months or more. He died during covid. No idea where NE guys now go. Ask people how long they waited for their cases from Walt at CE. Is several months reasonable to try to find someone who can properly repair a crankshaft and do it? Absolutely.
His dyno. Do you know what has failed on it? He's blaming the power company. Maybe it's a power unit. Maybe the ECU is fried. That stuff is proprietary. He doesn't just order dynapack or mustang parts on Amazon. He's stuck waiting on their supply chain. Might be half a year. So again, this kind of wait is totally reasonable in our post covid world.
I don't know a single good air cooled engine builder without a 1 year waiting list right now. And I know dozens of them. There are parts shortages. There are labor shortages. There are subcontractor shortages as people find new people do do things for them now that the guy they used for 20 years doesn't exist anymore. The grocery stores are full. Target, Walmart and Amazon have everything. What do you mean I can't get glyco rod bearings for 8 months? Porsche parts is a different world. And the vendors and the mechanics are all getting older. Maybe your mechanic now works 35 hour weeks versus 50 hours weeks, because that's what an 80 year old body can do.
18 months is not an unreasonable amount of time today, right now, at the end of 2024. I wouldn't have answered the question the same way end of 2019.
I have no answer to your oil questions. My first post peripherally attempted to point out what I have just added. In your attempts to reach some sort of detente in your situation, pick your battles. How long the crank took or the dyno repair took are things beyond his control. Leave it off your list of grievances with him, and focus on the action items. You cannot change the past and there's no upside to hitting your mechanic upside the head with them. That's if you want him to finish the job.