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Old 06-29-2019, 09:29 PM   #212
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Re: K30 Downgrade to Cummins Project

Rant warning:

Seems like everytime I hire a "professional" I have issues of some sort. For auto work, the only thing I hire others to do are alignments and rebuild transmissions. 2 out of 3 of the transmissions have had issues. These are longstanding local shops. Guess I have to also do this myself in the future. Issues with the shop doing the work on my G360 are as follows:

1) The price ended up being 40% higher than the quoted. Yes, it needed more than average, but maybe call your customer and get authorization that its ok to put more into it?? I did tell them to purchase the higher quality parts and not skimp back 6 weeks ago when I was given updated estimate but still how hard is to call? I called him out on this and he did itemize and the cost seemed justified so this is mainly a frustration of taking forever, and not communicating.

2) Only at pickup did they mention the cracked bellhousing. Thanks for the headsup! Could have spent the last few weeks looking for one...

3) When I got home I noticed the output shaft still has old grease/crud in the splines. Also the topcover and bellhousing still have caked on grease on the outside- WTF, shouldn't everything have been cleaned?

Guess I better open it up and verify its good on the inside....

Does everyone have results like this with shops?
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67 GMC K1500 Custom- 305V6 SM420, PTO, Ram Assist, yellow (the outcast) (project period correct upgrades)
67 GMC C2500 351V6 TH400, AC, PS, PB (can't decide what to do with. Update, decided to keep and will restore )
86 CHV K30 502 th400, apple red NEW
71 CHV K20 350 SM465, ochre (saved work truck)
71 CHV K20 292 SM465, white, tach, PTO, (future project)
72 CHV K20 350 350th, medium blue (project stocker)
01 CHV K2500hd crew, indigo blue

^3 dont run and the others don't see winter either
'86 K30 Cummins "Fireside" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649649
'71 K20 "get driveable" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590642
'72 K20 Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=493477&page=6

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