Roscoe first day out.......
Tuned
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From: Caledon ON
I guess that's where I'm lucky living here in southern Ontario. I'm only 90 miles out of Niagara Falls NY. I just order what ever I want and have it shipped to a mail box place just across the bridge which accepts anything from an envelope to a truck load of engines. I have a Nexus card so blasting across the bridge is no problem. I can leave at 8 am and be home for lunch and beer by noon if I don't dilly dally.
Good luck with you warranty, hope it all works out.
Good luck with you warranty, hope it all works out.
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From: Farmington B.C. Canada
More good news the engine cleared customs in Manitoba yesterday and is on a truck to me. I did have to pay customs and duty no shipping charges. So it cost me $280 Canadian.
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From: Farmington B.C. Canada
I get to keep the old engine. The tech there told me that Canada customs has seized every motor that people have tried to send back, some environmental reason. Anyways its completely shot, only thing left good on it was the intake, carb and distributer.
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From: penn twp.
But what about the block? That should be at least a rebuildable core? But at least the company took care of you. They could've very easily said that they can't warrant engines sent outside the US for that very reason. Hopefully you'll have many trouble free years out of the new engine.
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From: Stanley, VA
You know, it sounds like "Blueprint Engines" is a stand up company.
You still have to do the work all over again which is no fun, but it could have been a lot worse and a lot more frustrating.
Are you going to do a autopsy to see what happened to the first engine?
You still have to do the work all over again which is no fun, but it could have been a lot worse and a lot more frustrating.
Are you going to do a autopsy to see what happened to the first engine?
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From: Northern and Southern Cal
So let me get this straight.
You call them and say your new engine took a dump.
They say Ok we'll send you a new one and BTW you can keep the old one too?
I'm flabbergasted.
No, "we'll make a decision when we see the engine" and you pay the shipping?
No, "you didn't follow break in procedure"?
No, "all sales are final"?
This sounds like 1960, not 2014.
You call them and say your new engine took a dump.
They say Ok we'll send you a new one and BTW you can keep the old one too?
I'm flabbergasted.
No, "we'll make a decision when we see the engine" and you pay the shipping?
No, "you didn't follow break in procedure"?
No, "all sales are final"?
This sounds like 1960, not 2014.
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From: Farmington B.C. Canada
The block is bored out .40 already cant take it anymore number 5 cylinder wall is destroyed here are some of the pics I sent them. I did use a bore scope 1st and after they seen those pictures they authorized me to take the heads off and send more detailed pictures.
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From: penn twp.
I don't know that I'd be so quick to trash that block. I bet a machinist should be able to save it and slap some new sleeves into those cylinders. Either way that sucks that it happened to begin with. But where's the pics. of the new engine. Remember pics. or it didn't happen. Also the video of the truck screamin' down the road.
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From: Stanley, VA
Well, guess it did happened 
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Truck looks really good
. Update us and let us know how the break in and shakedown cruise goes.
Good luck
.Truck looks really good
. Update us and let us know how the break in and shakedown cruise goes. Good luck