send him a pm?? should go to email notification from there.......Hence my question. Is there a way we can get in touch with you directly?
send him a pm?? should go to email notification from there.......Hence my question. Is there a way we can get in touch with you directly?
Hence my question. Is there a way we can get in touch with you directly?
Hence my question. Is there a way we can get in touch with you directly?
mabye call BBK and say hey can i speak with Bryan?
I was mainly referring to the thread from 2007. It pissed me off pretty good. I don't feel that situation was handled very well, and even though it's old, it still counts. I guess I've been jaded by a culmination of observations, opinions from friends, and other Mustangers about BBK.
And Bryan, even though we don't know each other and you probably don't care for me right now, it's nothing personal. I think I just have a different philosophy about operating businesses and working with people. No biggie.
I used to take stuff very personally when it came to issues like this. I wanted to make my point as strongly as the person posting.
It's taken a while to get over that and just let it go and I 've been trying harder to understand that a negative thread is not the end of the world even though it may seem like it while we are here. The real world does not revolve around what is on these pages.
Most people can't imagine how many calls and emails we get that are yelling, kicking, screaming, threatening law suits, or fully blaming us for all sorts of issues that are totally the customer's fault/problem.
Typical example; headers hitting steering shafts... when the guy's motor/tranny mounts are totally trashed. BBK's problem right? I get stuff like that ALL day. To the point where I'm not able to do anything else but man the phones.
It can be hard to transition from a flood of calls like that where I have to play Mustang Detective over the phone or via email, then educate people on the status of their own cars, then move on to a call where there is an actual problem...
Sometimes things can get downright stupid, and we just need to pull out, take a deep breath, wipe off, and re-insert to make sure it's being done properly
Mang, I know your frustration and sympithise but wish you would let them fix the problem. They are stepping up and want to correct it for you, let them! Dont just pull it off and swap something else on there then stare at that fancynew door stop and get pissed off evey time you see it. Get the replacment stuff and install it, if it still has an issue then raise holy hell and you know I will help with it. He acknowledged the mistake and wants to help. Its the fastest and cheapest way to get the car going again, I dont see why you would not take the help now.Dude you need to understand how bad it sucks to spend that amount of time and money on something and to have a REAL issue with it just to be treated like all the other morons.
We kept on and on getting a gas leak from the exhaust (behind headers) and we were losing fuel pressure. The headers smoked after a couple of minutes each time we turned the motor over. I was just about to take the heads back off and check the rings/valves. So I did a compression test and every cylinder held. We searched over and over looking for a leak from the rails with flashlights at night and in broad daylight. Nothing. Finally we took the rails back off because I was sure it was a hung injector. I put the stockers back on and then I couldn't get them to seal. The caps were breaking off the bottom. We tried a bit of oil, petroleum jelly and a couple of the caps off of the 24lb injectors I pulled back off. Tried for hours. Finally they sealed.
Then I go to prime it and check it again and POOF! The tube starts leaking. Now this is where it got ugly. LITERALLY 4-6 hours a night for 2-3 days trying to get that stupid tube to work. Tried oil, petroleum jelly, o-rings with the kit, different o rings, doubled up o rings, 2 on one side and one on the other. Everything imaginable.
Then I quit. I was pissed.
My buddy comes over (WHT306) and tightens it all back down. I'm half paying attention and ready to make this thing a door stop when he gets everything as it should be, spacer in flush, rails in flush and tight and he bloody thinks to do something that after all of those hours I never once thought to do...
He wiggled the stupid tube and it had about 3-5 milimeters play. Rediculous. Upon inspection the gas was going down the back of the motor and running down the headers.
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Then I call and was told to file down the spacers a bit. We did. It was just too much play and there are only 3 spacers. Any more and the angle would have been shot.
I made the thread after talking to several people who told me the only way to fix it will be to heliarc the stupid holes and fab up a fuel line in the back.
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So I email and have to pay for a new tube. Fine. No problem it was 3 years old. I get it. I set it next to the other tube and they are identical. I email back and now I'm half way pissed...
I've got $3,000 sitting on top of a motor on a 1993 Notch with 66k original miles and I can't start the car because of this fuel leak.
I get an email back that says "Did you have a question?"
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Had it been a vacuum leak- I get it. Had it been a bur in the lower intake- I get it. But to realize just how close I came to blowing the car up after weeks of frustration and the whole time not realizing it was indeed a leak from the PROPRIETARY rails. Dude I looked the last time and had a 3 foot puddle under my car.
I still don't know how in the heck we never saw more than a bubble or two from this thing until one night a week or two ago when it spewed like mad.
My 2 year old was chasing me to the garage wanting to play every night. Then I find out it's possibly the casting of the intake or the rails themselves?
I was bent. Now I think I'll just let the project sit until I can afford another intake or I may just use an old explorer intake I have. I'm done with that thing man.
Think how much happier you will be in a week or so when you fire her up and she dont spew fuel every where. How sick it will be when you pull out on the road and row through the gears as the car kicks itself sideways when you power shift to third gear. Gotta look at the big picture and how happy you will be to have your baby back up and running before the summer ends.Alright then you should have my email address. I kind of just want to set the entire car on fire but the interior is so nice I just keep blowing out the match.
Man, that is class act. If I could afford one I would buy it just from that statement right there. Bryan is offering to make it work. I cant think of a single supplier or vendor I have bought from that has ever gone to that extent of customer service.I totally understand. I'm a long time enthusiast myself.
I've been broken down or stuck in situations wehere there was no help available with no money to fix the problem.
Only car (86 GT) sitting in friends parents driveway with a busted T-5, bumming rides to and from work while car was down for 2 months.
Finally get enough money to get a rebuilt one from a Mustang yard, and the F'r breaks 3 days into it.
No warranty no love. Back to square 1.
Not sure why it leaked on you, but the offer to inspect the intake stands which is more that I got with the busted T-5.
:grouphug:you guys can hold hands and sing kumbaya somewhere else...
Make sure you ask for Bryan Rogers, as we have another guy named Brian and they won't put anyone through to him directly..