I bought an engine on Nov. 12 for $400.00 {incl. shipping} from OldMiniBikes member Mark "Aplyedmind". It took him 6 days to ship {too long in my book}. He later admitted he spent the $400.00 I paid him and had no $ to ship, which caused that delay. He also decided to save himself some $ and shipped it with NO insurance. When the engine arrived the box was full of oil. He never drained it, and did not secure the fill cap. The clutch was smashed in, the choke linkage was bent, and the header and intake were loose in the box banging against the engine the whole 3,000 mile trip with only a few "token" crumbled up newspapers used to secure everything in the box. In fact, the engine was so loose in the box it was freely "rolling" around inside. I was astounded he sent it like that, and UN-INSURED to boot. After I cleaned it all up, added gas/oil/fresh plug, it would not start. I spent $35.00 to have it looked at and was told it was blowing air OUT the intake rather than pulling air in. They had no luck starting it. Because it is a modded race engine they were not willing to work on it further. It has been 25 days since he's had the option of either *sending me a new clutch and $100.00 and I'd take my chances with the engine, or *offer something else to replace the engine, or *give me a full refund. He assured me he'd post some stuff for sale and make an effort to pay me back. He has not posted anything, offered me anything in its place, or sent me a nickel since. I've only heard back from him twice in the last 25 days, the last time was a week ago. I also asked him to contact the guy who built the motor for him. He never did. I would have preferred to not post this, but he brought it on himself by being so hard to get a hold of, and not DOING what he said he'd do and work this out with me. If anyone can get this engine going for me, please get in touch. I'll ship it right out to you.
Here's the description I was given by Mark on the engine... "Its a rebuilt , un run, Tecumseh H50 Stroker. It use to be a tappered crank motor but swap out with H60 Rod and crank. Also has Tecumseh Motorsports racing cam(spins up to 7000 rpm i've read), Tecumseh Motorsport valves and springs. Timing is advance 8* I believe. I have receipts for all the work. All the work was done by Terry Nash 4x world champion go kart driver and world builder."
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