Well as most of you know, I purchased Stevevangs $10000 engine. I sent him my wire harness for him to wire into the engine. He propped the engine up on a skid and secured it with straps. Then he placed several loose items I bought from him on the top of the engine, including a Zeitronix wb setup with LCD screen. After, he plastic wrapped the whole thing up from top to bottom.
Here are pics of the engine prior to shipment. Unfortunetly, Steve didn't take any pictures of the engine after he plastic wrapped it.
Upon receiving the engine I noticed that it had been placed on it side for some reason. A plug on the harness was broken as well as a sensor shattered. I have no idea what the plug goes to, but I'm pretty sure that it was the knock sensor that was damaged. The wierd thing is, all the damage was on the side that the engine wasn't laying on. Even if it did fall on the opposite side and was rolled over (for whatever reason), I still can't figure how that would have damaged the sensor, seeing on how it would have been protected by the intake manifold. On top of that, the plastic was pulled up on the bottom, and was pulled open on the top. Everything was accounted for...well almost. The Zeitronix LCD display was missing. My guess is that it fell out in one of the trucks.
Here are pics I took when the engine was delivered
Here is the damaged harness and sensor. In both pics you can see bits of green plastic everywhere from where they shattered the sensor.
I'm pretty aggravated about the whole thing. However, I guess it could have been worse.
I chose to ship the engine through Uni-shippers and they used RL Carriers to ship it. I called around today to have them check the trucks for the LCD Screen, hoping that it's just laying around in one of them. However, it was transported between 3 trucks meaning there's a good chance it's outside somewhere.
When I mentioned all this to the driver, he sorta verbally attacked me saying that the engine should have been shipped on blocks with a crate around it. He then said if I didn't want it, he'd take it back. So obviously I signed for it before they were able to damage it more.
Today RL carriers told me I could make a claim or talk to Uni-Shippers and have them file one. Which I plan on doing. I just don't know the amount for the claim. As far as I can tell, the damage was minimal. A harness plug, a sensor, and a Zeitronix LCD Screen. I know the LCD's run $200, but what price do I put on a plug and sensor? And how would I go about replacing the plug?
I don't even know who to blame. Looking at how the engine was strapped, I could see it falling over. Not easily, but I could see it happening. I still don't see how that sensor got damaged unless they tipped the engine over in order to stack shit on it. Which would really piss me off if that's indeed the case.
Let me know what you guys think.
Here are pics of the engine prior to shipment. Unfortunetly, Steve didn't take any pictures of the engine after he plastic wrapped it.
Upon receiving the engine I noticed that it had been placed on it side for some reason. A plug on the harness was broken as well as a sensor shattered. I have no idea what the plug goes to, but I'm pretty sure that it was the knock sensor that was damaged. The wierd thing is, all the damage was on the side that the engine wasn't laying on. Even if it did fall on the opposite side and was rolled over (for whatever reason), I still can't figure how that would have damaged the sensor, seeing on how it would have been protected by the intake manifold. On top of that, the plastic was pulled up on the bottom, and was pulled open on the top. Everything was accounted for...well almost. The Zeitronix LCD display was missing. My guess is that it fell out in one of the trucks.
Here are pics I took when the engine was delivered
Here is the damaged harness and sensor. In both pics you can see bits of green plastic everywhere from where they shattered the sensor.
I'm pretty aggravated about the whole thing. However, I guess it could have been worse.
I chose to ship the engine through Uni-shippers and they used RL Carriers to ship it. I called around today to have them check the trucks for the LCD Screen, hoping that it's just laying around in one of them. However, it was transported between 3 trucks meaning there's a good chance it's outside somewhere.
When I mentioned all this to the driver, he sorta verbally attacked me saying that the engine should have been shipped on blocks with a crate around it. He then said if I didn't want it, he'd take it back. So obviously I signed for it before they were able to damage it more.
Today RL carriers told me I could make a claim or talk to Uni-Shippers and have them file one. Which I plan on doing. I just don't know the amount for the claim. As far as I can tell, the damage was minimal. A harness plug, a sensor, and a Zeitronix LCD Screen. I know the LCD's run $200, but what price do I put on a plug and sensor? And how would I go about replacing the plug?
I don't even know who to blame. Looking at how the engine was strapped, I could see it falling over. Not easily, but I could see it happening. I still don't see how that sensor got damaged unless they tipped the engine over in order to stack shit on it. Which would really piss me off if that's indeed the case.
Let me know what you guys think.
