CannibalV8 - Buyer beware!!
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Rock Crawling
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 464
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From: Warren PA
Update:
The exploration into the bottom end of the engine has uncovered some very alarming details as to the care and attention taken by CannibalV8 during their assembly & inspection process!! The attached photos show:
• Obvious wear/damage to the crank & bearings due to the crank not being machined true.
• Pitting to the bearings reflecting dirt or contamination was present and not cleaned off of the crank or bearing surfaces when the bearings were installed.
• Even though there is only just a bit more than 1000 miles on the engine since the build was complete, there’s obvious scoring damage to the crank & bearings as a result of the metal floating in the engine caused by the low oil pressure.
Steve’s initial response to the photos was, and I quote, “The Alloy Layer on the Mains, are engineered to absorb”, a promise to begin shipping parts on the 16th, followed by insults as to the ability to diagnose or identify damage to an engine towards the shop working on my Disco, and the number of Land Rover Certified specialists they solicited to offer a second opinion, and now another 7 days of silence.
The exploration into the bottom end of the engine has uncovered some very alarming details as to the care and attention taken by CannibalV8 during their assembly & inspection process!! The attached photos show:
• Obvious wear/damage to the crank & bearings due to the crank not being machined true.
• Pitting to the bearings reflecting dirt or contamination was present and not cleaned off of the crank or bearing surfaces when the bearings were installed.
• Even though there is only just a bit more than 1000 miles on the engine since the build was complete, there’s obvious scoring damage to the crank & bearings as a result of the metal floating in the engine caused by the low oil pressure.
Steve’s initial response to the photos was, and I quote, “The Alloy Layer on the Mains, are engineered to absorb”, a promise to begin shipping parts on the 16th, followed by insults as to the ability to diagnose or identify damage to an engine towards the shop working on my Disco, and the number of Land Rover Certified specialists they solicited to offer a second opinion, and now another 7 days of silence.
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Rock Crawling
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Warren PA
UPDATE:
Simply put… Pretty apparent Steve has now reneged on his second agreement I outlined in a previous update to this forum under the same title. So, lets tally this up; he built & delivered an engine with bad parts, refused to honor his own written warranty DTD 1/28/2016 (Tommy Boy fans unite), Agreed to, and later reneged on a subsequent post-warranty agreement DTD 3/4/2016, and then embellished as to a parts shipment in an email DTD 3/16/2016 “Working on the Build Back Ship Out Package Here....”, and after dragging this on for over 2 months, now will not reply to emails, calls, or texts.
So, with that said, I am done chasing rainbows with Steve. Lucky8 now has full authority to get me back on the road.
Simply put… Pretty apparent Steve has now reneged on his second agreement I outlined in a previous update to this forum under the same title. So, lets tally this up; he built & delivered an engine with bad parts, refused to honor his own written warranty DTD 1/28/2016 (Tommy Boy fans unite), Agreed to, and later reneged on a subsequent post-warranty agreement DTD 3/4/2016, and then embellished as to a parts shipment in an email DTD 3/16/2016 “Working on the Build Back Ship Out Package Here....”, and after dragging this on for over 2 months, now will not reply to emails, calls, or texts.
So, with that said, I am done chasing rainbows with Steve. Lucky8 now has full authority to get me back on the road.
Baja
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 6,902
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From: Huntington Beach CA
UPDATE:
Simply put… Pretty apparent Steve has now reneged on his second agreement I outlined in a previous update to this forum under the same title. So, lets tally this up; he built & delivered an engine with bad parts, refused to honor his own written warranty DTD 1/28/2016 (Tommy Boy fans unite), Agreed to, and later reneged on a subsequent post-warranty agreement DTD 3/4/2016, and then embellished as to a parts shipment in an email DTD 3/16/2016 “Working on the Build Back Ship Out Package Here....”, and after dragging this on for over 2 months, now will not reply to emails, calls, or texts.
So, with that said, I am done chasing rainbows with Steve. Lucky8 now has full authority to get me back on the road.
Simply put… Pretty apparent Steve has now reneged on his second agreement I outlined in a previous update to this forum under the same title. So, lets tally this up; he built & delivered an engine with bad parts, refused to honor his own written warranty DTD 1/28/2016 (Tommy Boy fans unite), Agreed to, and later reneged on a subsequent post-warranty agreement DTD 3/4/2016, and then embellished as to a parts shipment in an email DTD 3/16/2016 “Working on the Build Back Ship Out Package Here....”, and after dragging this on for over 2 months, now will not reply to emails, calls, or texts.
So, with that said, I am done chasing rainbows with Steve. Lucky8 now has full authority to get me back on the road.
Camel Trophy
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Southwestern Virginia
I even sent links to everyone I know not on the forum. I agree with Abran, a few posts to a few other forums and perhaps the Land Rover subreddit. Word will get around. Its hard to tell how many sales they will have lost because of this.