> Hey, If I were you, I wouldn't trust that warranty Marshall has. (3 years
> or 50,000 miles?) HA!
>
> I worked at a company that will be left confidential and we basically
> swapped rebuilt motors into vehicles.
>
> We went through a couple companies. In Kansas City...
> 1) 4 star engines (has a lot of Ford motors, but gets everything in)
> 2) Marshall
> 3) Jasper
> 4) some other weird company I can't remember
> 5) junk yard motors that were sent to us
>
> Okay, To start off, the Marshall engines we received were good, but if
> there were a warranty claim or ANYTHING, believe it or not, we had to eat
> the cost of warranty.. They sold us a couple Cadillac motors, and I
believe
> over the summer, we did about 5 of those motors and about 3 failed.
> (blown head gasket due to improper torque, leaking intake manifold, and
> other stuff) but the company had to eat the warranties and they were
> CERTIFIED by marshall to install the motors. Oh well, if you are going
with
> them on the warranty, I wouldn't. They have lawyers and will fight your
> case until the very end.
>
> As for 4 star motors, They basically warrantied EVERYTHING that went
wrong.
> Without a doubt, they took back all the motors that they sold to us. We
had
> a escort with a 1.9 in it that got a new 4-star motor and there were 2
metal
> pieces (looked like a broken valve keeper) that were IN the intake
manifold,
> and the mechanic didn't check it out completely, so after it was
installed,
> the metal pieces went inside the motor and banged it up pretty bad, but
> 4-star paid for a new motor (but the mechanic had to take the re-install,
> since he screwed up)
>
> What I'm saying is to not go on a company due to it's "reputation." TOO
> much. I thought Marshall stood behind everything they sold, but man... I
> swear the owner had a hell of a time trying to fight every claim out with
> them.
>
> Go out and get facts. Maybe ask for some customer referrals. Call up
shops
> and ask when they would think about "installing one of (company A's) motor
> into your car..... get their opinions..
>
> Check out other companies. MAybe you can even have a machine shop rebuild
> you one. It's not really that hard to rebuilt a motor... Just need a
> couple specialty tools, but if you can swap out a motor, the concepts of
> rebuilding it isn't that much further off...
Thanks for the good insight Dester. I appreciate the info.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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