MC-2 oversized pistons or not?/Denver Machine shop

[Doug Hill]

One I would stay away from is Engine Rebuilders of Northglenn. When my
little brother and I were fixing up his 75 bronco, we had this guy do all
the machining for the motor. He  came as a reco from one of my brothers
friends who had just rebuilt his AMC AMX using this guy for the motor. He
gave us a good price but then the problems began, after the first 4- 500
miles we started hearing this ticking noise and saw that there was a very
fine grain sand in the radiator spill tank. My brother naturally thought
someone had put dirt in there. After flushing the radiator sev times we
drove it again. then about a week it over heated and collapsed a piston or
so the engine guy said.Upon further exmination the sand was not just mearly
dirt from the ground, but sand from the sand blaster that was used when the
guy machined his motor. To top it all off after another 100 miles the motor
seized up! Yes, oil was in it, faulty bearing was the cause. we tried and
tried to get this guy to honor his warrenty but he kept saying that the sand
was not from his sand blaster and kept ignoring the fact that the engine was
seized. So, off to court we went and finally got the guy to pay the cost of
getting another motor.
Sorry for ranting,
Doug Hill
>From: Jim Green <jeg1976 at yahoo.com>
>To: avim at pacbell.net
>CC: Quattro <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: MC-2 oversized pistons or not?/Denver Machine shop
>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:19:28 -0800 (PST)
>
>--- Avi Meron <avim at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > If the ridge is as small as you are describing it I
> > would defiantly not mess
> > with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > When you hone the cyl.s (you are aware that it is a
> > must, right!) you more
> > than likely will smooth it out.
> > Stay out from oversize pistons, they are hard to
> > get, spendy and not worth
> > the effort in your case!
> >
> > Take care, and good luck,
> > Avi
> > www.ultranator.com
>
>Man, I hope that's the case.  I guess I'll have to
>bring it in and see if they can hone it, and keep it
>in spec for normal pistons.  Can anyone recommend a
>machine shop in Denver area?  I'm going through the
>yellow pages, but I would rather go by someone's word.
>Thanks,
>
>=====
>Jim Green
>'89 90tq EFI
>http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html
>
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