Legal question with machine shop

[Ramcharger90]

What motor was it?

I agree with @Dirtman On the $12 thing unless it was a 04 termi rotating assembly or the 455 w30, you know what I mean. 426 hemi parts..... but sorry bud 2.9 internals just aren't worth that much

 

[8thTon]

That sucks and must be frustrating as hell.

 

[JohnnyO]

I'm a little confused, were they supposed to rebuild it with the old parts or were you getting new rods and pistons? Either way, I'd say they owe you a whole fresh balanced assembly like Ramcharger90 said because if you have to get new (different) rods and pistons then they aren't balanced any more. My guess is they got scrapped by mistake.

 

[Dirtman]

I really wouldn't want this place doing any further work for me so I'd just get them to replace the parts and take them somewhere else to be balanced. Perhaps get them to pay for the other place to do the work but no way I'd trust someone to do precision work for me after I had to sue them...

Kinda like why you never insult a chef at a restaurant before you get your food...

 

[adsm08]

Yup, they were wrong there.

PA law says that all replaced parts still belong to the owner of the vehicle until and unless they are "released" for disposal.

The shop doing the work is under no obligation to offer to return replaced parts (except in situations where it should be obvious like switching from summer to winter tires and back) and an implied release of parts is given if you pick up the vehicle, pay the bill, and drive off the lot without asking for your old parts back.

My understanding of the statute in this case is, that if you had provided them with rods and pistons to be balanced to the crank and you were returned none of, or only a portion of those parts they do now owe you a set that is at least as complete and functional as what you provided them. So for instance if you brought in your set of rods/pistons which were weight-matched and they damaged or lost one they can't just grab a piston out of another set that is 2 grams off, give it to you, and call it good because that weight difference is out of spec to the rest of the set, ie "not as functional as the original".

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Id be using my fist as a piston to create combustion on someones face.

 

[sheep herder]

You have explosives. Make the machine shop disappear.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I would just call Chuck Norris.

If he isn't home... I'd send Rusty