[DeTomaso] MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Mon Sep 15 13:17:01 EDT 2008


AAA is a saviour.  check for coil bind.  possible somehow "something" is 
binding the system.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Lewis" <clewis at dmn.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:13 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] MME ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE


> >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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