Great news!

 

awesome!

 

Thank you gentlemen, we are grateful.

Also,

Sequoia might be ready today, when I called to see, I was told the old motor had an inspection port and that internally it was a gigantic mess; they said no way it was hydro lock & no way it was a 70k motor.

So there's that.

 

Best news ever.
Very happy to hear that, man.
J.

 

i got a lot to catch up on...

great news on the health side... car side whoaaaa

 

Crickets from the shop, I assume until Monday.

I hate dealing with shops, asked the junk yard the blown motor came from for a refund, not optimistic.

 

Ok.

 

 

I called yesterday, they said they could not find the front timing cover, builder said it was damaged by the oil pump & that they needed to use the cover from the '18 motor.

Waiting to hear if it is usable, feeling pretty shitty as week 3 is tomorrow & they quoted a week when they took on the job.

 

I got lucky. The timing cover on the motor that came out was ok.

They say it should be ready tomorrow.

 

Haven't heard from them, maybe tomorrow?

 

At 9am they said all that was left was the SC & belts/hoses. Should be ready by the end of the day.

I'll believe it when I'm driving home in it.

 

We are honestly quite tired of waiting for updates from you. This is ridiculous and will not stand.

 

I'll work on doing better.

It still has no battery.

:P

 

Bummer it's taking so long.
We havent had a temp update in a long time, either

 

Only 111 now but Wednesday....

 

I think we just got over 90 today here in Houston. But it was cloudy & breezy with some good rain chance, but no rain.

 

It is not under 90, somehow, last week it was 90 at 2:47 am, & 91 at 3:21 am.

How the fuck does it go up before the sun comes up????

 

@ 7:58 PM I got this response to my message asking if it would be ready as he hoped & that I need 45 minutes to get there. (sent because he didn't answer the phone)

Not gonna happen I’m gonna try and work on it over the weekend a little bit possibly Monday. Just ran into a few gasket issues.

 

Wasn't the engine built by a different shop? What gaskets is he referring to?

 

Yes the motor was built elsewhere, they suggested this shop both because they said he was good and for their warranty.

Assuming there is truth going on, all it can be is the intake gaskets between the heads and Supercharger.

I'm feeling like I'm in a hostage situation where I have Stockholm Syndrome.

I have to keep my captor happy.

 

Today at 10:30 "it's 99% done," we need O rings or gaskets.

Meanwhile, no battery. SAD

 

They called at 2 asking about the SC coolant fill, sounds like they are ready to go?

NO!

Who needs batteries????

 

Just called, said he started it & 3 injectors are leaking, need O rings, but no battery?

 

Battery!!!!!

 

Seems ok, no cel but I have a battery light. It's running at 13.4 which is lower than before. Checked grounds, all seem ok.

 

Battery light was the AGM battery diode, so far all is well.

 

Relief is an understatement.

 

Whelp, 037 & 57 now, ordered the downstream O2s Guess blowing oil past O2's was a bad idea, shame on me.


lol

 

Turned out the issue was a freaking fuse. It wasn't blown, it was restricting voltage. Never seen that before.

 

Did I ever mention I hate Phoenix in the summer?

Idling under 1 minute


Ambient.

Driving

 

Sure is nice in the winter though. We'd be 130F colder than that in the wintertime...and still not hit rock bottom for coldest day of the year.

 

 

Usually hits around January 7th-12th... Boy I hate January!

 

I don't mind cold. I'm very warm naturally. If I'm comfortable most of the people around me are cold.

Over 82 I'm hot.

 

Come on up then. Humidity is a bitch in the summer but it's overall cooler.

 

I'd love to, my Wife OTOH, under 70 she is freezing.

 

That about 10 months out of the year!

 

She would not last 10 seconds at 32 forget the sub zeros.