The Teardown

[oldschool18]

I got this 71 blazer for the seats and the motor and a couple odds an ends, now when I went to look at the blazer the seats were in nice shape and the guy told me it was a good running 350 after he started it up it sounded great. So I was sold the body was shot but it had what I wanted, I was planning on taking the 350 out and dropping it in my 70 c-10. The guy I bought this thing off of was a Body guy who did some resto's in the past and did some mechanic's stuff as well and seemed like a real straight shooter........well I will never take anouther mans word and a hand shake again after tearing down the blazer and pulling the motor I find out its a 305 so i'm just alittle hot...so i email the guy and he pretty much told me to go sh!t in my hat.....so now my blood is just boiling........and I thought back to years ago when I bought my first c-10 and it had a little noise to it and the guy told me it was a bad flywheel so after I bought it and checked it out it wasnt the flywheel but a bearing so I called the guy and he gave me 200 bucks he said that would pay for a rebuild kit or he would get me anouther 350....well I took the 200 and I was fine with that...........am I wrong for wanting him to make this right and am I wrong for thinking that a mans word and a handshake is worth something. I couldnt see the numbers on the front of the block and I didnt want to ask the guy if he would take the alternator of and sand down the paint to get the numbers, I just took his word cause he is a truck guy and he doest live real far from me so i thought he wouldnt screw me I guess I was wrong. Sorry for ranting trying to get cool down but here are some pics

[oldschool18]

[oldschool18]

[oldschool18]

well 3 out of the 4 tires were good I guess I'm going to have to part this thing out pretty good to make up for the motor.........and does anyone know if this is the factory jack that came with the blazers?

[rsavage]

No. The jack from the factory was a bottle/screw type. By the way, I believe that you are justified in being upset. If he doesn't live too far away, take him to small claims court. Usually only costs a few bucks to file and you tell your story to a judge. Even if you don't get anything, you let him know that there are consequences to dishonesty as he will have to show up.

[oldschool18]

Thanks Rsavage for the info, I wrote him anouther email saying take the motor back and give me a 350 or take the motor back and give me 300 ( 300 is about the average price for a used 350 around here) or give 200 and I'll sell the 305 so I am waiting to here back from him. I'm trying to be nice to him I even read all of the emails to the wifey before I send them to make sure they dont sound like a threat. I have sold a lot of cars and a lot of parts and I have always stood behind what I have sold. I'll have to look in to the court thing.

[woodymm3]

well you still have alot of sellable stuff there. i will be watching for you putting stuff up for sale!

[2003 silverado]

I would go and give hime a Pizza Party

[oldschool18]

Woody there will be some stuff but not a whole lot, alot of it I was planning on using on my other blazer and my c-10 and the body is about completely shot.......Dave I was thinking about going to his house but taking more than pizza with me....I still cant imagine screwing someone like that and not doing anything about it.

[oldschool18]

rsavage i wanna thank you for the idea cause it was alot better than my idea ( it involved gas,matches,3 iron a couple bags of surgar and a half dozen stray cats<-----dont ask i cant tell) But i did talk to a lawyer....just so happens I play softball for one and he told me to take him to court cause thats not what i paid for and since i have the guys ad that he sent to me stating it had a 350 it would be false advertising. so what i was thinking was go to every boneyard and an get a quote on a good running 350 and take the average plus court costs and try and get that. I was talking to a guy who comes to my fathers garage that does a lot of motor swaps and he said a 305 is only worth there weight in scrap and from what he has found 350's go for around 400 to 500 running out of the junkyard