Hey-

recently I got some work done at a local machine shop... I have been super busy with school starting back up and everything and recently got around to looking closely at the work done by the shop.

I found these scratches on the deck:





I cant quite catch my fingernail on them, but its close. Should some copper spray on the HG seal this up or do I need to dish out more $$ lol

sebastian

 

take it back and have them clean up the surface.

 

i was hoping you wouldnt say that

its been a good three weeks since I actually examined it. When I got it back it had plastic on it and I didnt open it because I got it the day before I went back to school.

I know the shop is reputable because i have seen motors come out of the shop strong

anymore opinions? I know I will catch **** if I try and bring it back this late

 

you can try to lightlly block sand it and see if it comes out.

I had a friend of mine that scratched his head, where you could catch your nail on it.

I block sand it down, and it works just fine.

 

what grit did you use?

 

I used 400 grit and then 600 grit. And I did it @ 90* angle to each other.

 

take it back and have them deck the block

 

i would take it back and have it decked also

 

I wouldn't worry about it, the scratches dont look that bad.

 

i wouldnt worry about it but i would take a wizwheel and clean it up.. scotch pad it..

 

Light sandpaper should do the trick. I would not recommend copper spray on the gasket.

 

if this shop has such a good reputation, they should be able to recognize their errors and correct them. TAKE IT BACK

 

itll be alright.
JB weld it

 

If you take it back whats the worst they could say no? It would be worth your time if they did it for ya.

 

Grow some back bone and take it back and if they give you **** go CRAZY on them! Thats what I would do anyways!

 

lol even if you had to pay for it its only like 40 bucks.

 

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haha its not about me 'growing backbone' lol. Im at school now, and I wont be able to take it back to them for quite some time... and almost two months have already passed. The shop that would have done it didnt do any machining to the block, simply assembly. They do not have anything that would be any different than how I would do it.

I paid the shop to assemble my motor because I wasnt 100% confident about myself doing it.. and if they say they didnt scratch it, I was seeing if it was possible for me to remedy it without disassembling the motor.

I will call this week, thanks for all the replies

 

I have had scratches just like that on a high-compression motor--ran perfectly. Its so easy to scratch them--you could probably even get away with it without using copperspray, but just to be safe--buy a can if you don't have one already--spray a couple light coats--it will be alright I bet. I really wouldn't worry about--especially since you say you can't catch your fingernail on it.

 

scratch is negligable. u can copper spray on assembly.