[DeTomaso] MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE

Chris Lewis clewis at dmn.net
Fri Sep 12 14:13:32 EDT 2008


>From the PI Website:

The engine broke it's third Pro series Jesel shaft rocker on Labor Day weekend. 

I had planned to attend Lime Rock Park's "Day In the Park" car show the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend with Mel Goldenberg and some other friends. 

We had left my house and were on the road and covered about 20 miles when the engine started sputtering again and refusing to develop power.

I was forced to pull into the Darien, CT service area on Route #95 and get flatbedded back home. Thank God for AAA Plus!

When I got the valve covers off there was another rocker arm, snapped off on the pushrod side of the rocker. This time the rocker was on the drivers 
side bank. Last time two snapped on different cylinders on the passenger side of the engine. One was an intake and one was an exhaust the first time. 
I am not sure whther it was exhaust or intake this time.

The good news is that Jesel has agreed to provide free replacement parts for all 3 rocker arms in this case. Additionally they have asked to look at 
the car in an effort to solve my problem once and for all. 

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW! HOW COOL IS THAT! THEY ARE GOING WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HAVE A SATISFIED CUSTOMER. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!

MARK AND HEATHER MCKEOWN TAKE NOTES! THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT CUSTOMERS, NOT TELLING THEM YOU ARE LOSIING MONEY ON THEM AFTER THEY SPEND $21K ON A MOTOR 
YOU BUILT FOR THEM.

So back to Jesel. How great is to have valve train experts like these guys look over your motor to diagnose a problem?

I am planning to go down Jesel Friday the 19th and visit them. I will update the forum members
as to what Jesel says is going wrong. 
  

REPLY
 
Cyboman 
  Posted September 12, 2008 09:15 AM  Hide Post 
Chris,

Did you sign any kind of contract, or agreement with MME?

Michael 
   
 
REPLY
 
DJEZC   Posted September 12, 2008 09:59 AM  

Mike - Yeah my contract read as follows:

We build it, you pay for it, no we don't warranty it, now stop bothering us. 





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