[nathanbs]

This crap seems to be never ending lately. Now it’s my turn to get screwed or so it seems. I purchased a Carrera 3.0 long block for $13,000 this was to include shipping. It was disclosed that it had some broken head studs prior to the deal being made. Not knowing any qualified mechanics at the time and the seller was proclaiming to be an expert so I solicited him to see if he was interested in addressing the head studs. $9800 later my motor was ready to ship. I’m in it $22,800 at this point. Seller ships Fedex Frieght and motor arrived damaged. It appears that something may have struck the motor on one end on the valve cover. At this point the motor broke loose of some wood chalking that was held together with wood screws that snapped. The combination of the wood blocks and protruding sharp screws did some nice damage to the underside of the motor. All in all 2-3 oil return tubes damaged, oil sump plate destroyed, valve cover gouged, oil cooler gouged, and engine case gouged. Apparently no insurance was taken. So now for my question. What would you expect or think is a fair resolution to this situation? The motor was to go into a Carrera 3.0 that I’m restoring so the cosmetics are just as important as the mechanicals. So far the seller is offering to send me an oil sump plate, valve cover, pay for some expandable oil return tubes and other parts to be installed. My issue is that my case is gouged and looks like crap and I feel that it’s bogus to put expandable oil return tubes considering I paid to have the motor properly rebuilt using appropriate oil return tubes which would require quite a bit of disassembly at this point. I’m just pissed that I spent $23000 and I want what I paid for nothing more nothing less.