I bought a set of stock original 86/87 pistons and rods off BlackMagic - Shawn Ayres. They were advertised as in great shape, needing nothing. Well they were thrown in a box of foam peanuts poorly packaged; when they arrived the crowns were all beat up, from them hitting one another in the box.
If that was enough, two of the pins were nearly seized in the pin bores, I had a machinist check them out & all rods (big end) need resizing, and 2 of the pistons pin bores are severely galled. Machinist said it was due to lots of detonation (also said they were junk, get your money back). I contact the seller (BlackMagic) immediately with the findings telling him I was very disappointed in the transaction. I felt like I was entitled to a full refund including my shipping both ways but I did end up offering to pay to ship them back to him. He refused to refund any of the shipping and also said he would give a partial refund (me eat shipping charges both ways) only after I shipped them back. I tried several times to work with the guy but he would not budge only offering a partial refund. I do not feel as if I should loss money because they where grossly mis-advertised. I would have not bought them if I had known they were in such poor shape & advertised IN GREAT SHAPE. I will try to post pics showing them but other future buyers should be beware. I've got all the pm's sent & received saved.
What would make this right..... is a full refund including shipping both ways and paid up front just like I did.
If that was enough, two of the pins were nearly seized in the pin bores, I had a machinist check them out & all rods (big end) need resizing, and 2 of the pistons pin bores are severely galled. Machinist said it was due to lots of detonation (also said they were junk, get your money back). I contact the seller (BlackMagic) immediately with the findings telling him I was very disappointed in the transaction. I felt like I was entitled to a full refund including my shipping both ways but I did end up offering to pay to ship them back to him. He refused to refund any of the shipping and also said he would give a partial refund (me eat shipping charges both ways) only after I shipped them back. I tried several times to work with the guy but he would not budge only offering a partial refund. I do not feel as if I should loss money because they where grossly mis-advertised. I would have not bought them if I had known they were in such poor shape & advertised IN GREAT SHAPE. I will try to post pics showing them but other future buyers should be beware. I've got all the pm's sent & received saved. What would make this right..... is a full refund including shipping both ways and paid up front just like I did.
