My experience with TrueStreet

[TEAMJACOB]

Damn that's a lot of shit to go wrong in the first 400 miles. Are you going to get those dowels and put them in to see if that's your vibration issue?

already did before any of this came up. it was the issue and it did fix the problem

[Rick Modena]

I feel bad for people who can't work on their own stuff. In short, you brought in a basket case half finished project to a shop and got charged what appears to be a fair price for everything listed.

Seems fair to me (price), but as everyone here knows, they did what was required of them. Its hard for any shop to put something together (puzzle) and then have more problems with shit they didn't build like the short block in this case for instance.

[Diabolic]

Edit....... Just read the PM's. Why don't you pull the trans and inspect the clutch, flywheel to see if there is a broblem. Are you sure the problem isn't in the drivetrain?

[TEAMJACOB]

I thought there was originally no vibration issues and it developed over time, I want to say I remember hearing that.

see posts since yours was made

[white88]

already did before any of this came up. it was the issue and it did fix the problem

That's good it's fixed, sucks you had to take it apart especially since it was built at a shop.

[racrguy]

already did before any of this came up. it was the issue and it did fix the problem

So if the problem is fixed, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? I'm confused.

[TEAMJACOB]

clint pm'd me this

(had to send in 2 pms, too long)

I hope that you can see where I'm coming from and can help me out. I am not one of these baller customers you have that have deep deep pockets, but i do love cars and being around the hobby. I know my $5400 bill is probably chump change compared to some of the customers you have but I did everything possible to make right on getting you guys paid and I would be the happiest guy if you guys did what ever had to be done to get my car right. If you'll consider it, please call me anytime at 817 938 7538.
thank you very much
chris

This is a very unfortunate situation. You brought us a car with a bunch of parts in boxes and a motor partially assembled. We pieced it back together and got you done. When the car came back I was told that there was an issue with it throwing all the bolts off the front of the motor (fan, water pump bolts,alternator ect.) I have seen this before and it is 9 times out of 10 its bad machine work. We removed the balancer and installed a new one to make sure. The new balancer was just as bad. So here's the deal we are in. We looked over the motor when you first brought it to. All seemed to be fine and we installed the motor. Now there is a problem with the motor and our educated guess is the machine work was not balanced correctly. Unfortunately, balancing is only something a machinist could properly check(In our opinion;this is what is causing the vibrations). This is nothing we did or could do since we are not a machine shop. You had this work done at another shop and paid for it there. The work we performed was done to specification. For us as a shop to take your car back apart for free for poor work that another shop did and we have no control over and have no idea who you used to preform the work would not be something we would be willing to do since all work preformed by us has nothing to do with bad machine work. If I was in your shoes I would be asking the place you had do the machining step up and pay for the car to be taking back apart so they can do their job correctly. I really hate when things like this happen. If you would like please give me a call and i would be happy to discuss further



Clint Davis

I didnt care for what i was being told butall of this will be null and void when i am done explaining. his arguement is he isnt responsible for the short block and only the assembly. the short block is fine and it was missing dowel pins but we will get there
so reading and reading and reading and visiting shops and pming members here how much to rebuild it based on clints educated guess and the more shops, mechanics, enthusiast i speak to, the more people are telling me to not give up and that it doesnt sound like a balance issue since it wasnt there at 1st, they didnt notice it on the dyno, it developed in the 1st 400 miles or so and it was not all the time but most of the time.
so i sent truestreet some certified letters trying to get this resolved and not drag it all out publicly

[ELVIS]

instead of all the mailing and crying on the web, why dont you go up there and get this squared up?


EDIT: and Jr has better penmanship.

god bless.

[jw33]

I see what you mean (I think) and I'm glad you eventually got it fixed. I'd chaulk it up to lesson learned. I've dealt with them and a few other shops in my past and once you have an idea what to expect you can be better prepared before you shell out any money.

[TEAMJACOB]

So if the problem is fixed, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? I'm confused.

i had to pay out of pocket for someone else to fix the car. I was told the reason the fan flew off is the vibration l cause the bolts to back out and according to them, the vibration was due to the short block and so they are not responsible.
i have had to pay for
a radiator
a fan
a belt tensioner
a belt
oil sending unit

throw out bearing
pilot bearing
clutch fork
rear main seal
plus the labor on everthing below oil sending unit and this i shouldnt have paid
for.

[Rick Modena]

When is a Private Message no longer PRIVATE.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

When is a Private Message no longer PRIVATE.

right now

[TEAMJACOB]

after receiving the letter, clint calls me and in a phone conversation i record (and am trying to figure out how to post up from iphone memos to here)
he says
1. if you dont know motor stuff, you shouldnt be in the hobby
2. it is in the short block and that isnt my fault
3. if it was anything i did, i would 100 percent make it right.
4. tells me to sue him if i want but he will bring character witness and get an attorney and sue me instead.

In this same audio, I ask him if they can just back the tranny off and look since they had issues with the clutch and also they had mentioned a delay because they had to order several different flywheels because they kept ordering the wrong one or the wrong one kept begin shipped. If he would have at least done this, they would have seen the dowels missing and would have been able to fix it themselves, but clint refused to consider it was anything that his ship could have done since they always do it to spec.
I am working on posting that audio.

[racrguy]

i had to pay out of pocket for someone else to fix the car. I was told the reason the fan flew off is the vibration l cause the bolts to back out and according to them, the vibration was due to the short block and so they are not responsible.
i have had to pay for
a radiator
a fan
a belt tensioner
a belt
oil sending unit

throw out bearing
pilot bearing
clutch fork
rear main seal
plus the labor on everthing below oil sending unit and this i shouldnt have paid
for.

What was wrong with the clutch related parts aside from the dowel pins?

Mr Edd, you really need to learn how to work on your own shit.

[hawaii5.0]

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