96 Teg, Hondabuilder and whoever owned b4

[Z0_o6]

I accept responsibility for not looking the car over very thoroughly in the short time that I owned it. Period. I bought the car to sell, and I flat out paid attn. to the stuff that was most obvious. I do NOT sidestep the blame for that. When I rebuilt the transmission, I did it the DAY BEFORE you purchased the vehicle, and that was only because I was able to put you off long enough to do that, I didn't have any time to rectify any of this stuff, you wanted the car immediately. I explained to you when we spoke that I had not had the car for any amount of time, and therefore had not gone over it with a fine tooth comb, so any other issues were strictly out of my hands, you accepted that condition. I purchased the car not running, it was taken apart, I replaced the head gasket, radiator and rebuilt the transmission. Other than that I didn't mess with the car. When I showed you the vehicle, we went down the road you saw that it tracked straight, therefore I assumed it didn't need an alignment because, and i reiterate, I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAR A MONTH. I never registered it, and put less than 500 miles on it, just enough to make sure it wouldn't overheat after replacing the head gasket. I apologize for the vehicle having so many problems, I truly do, but it is yours now. I had it, didn't need/want it, now its no longer mine. Anyone who has dealt with me has seen I shoot straight, if there is a problem I'm aware of I will let you know, if I am NOT aware though, I can't let you know now can I?

[psycho_freke]

I accept responsibility for not looking the car over very thoroughly in the short time that I owned it. Period. I bought the car to sell, and I flat out paid attn. to the stuff that was most obvious. I do NOT sidestep the blame for that. When I rebuilt the transmission, I did it the DAY BEFORE you purchased the vehicle, and that was only because I was able to put you off long enough to do that, I didn't have any time to rectify any of this stuff, you wanted the car immediately. I explained to you when we spoke that I had not had the car for any amount of time, and therefore had not gone over it with a fine tooth comb, so any other issues were strictly out of my hands, you accepted that condition. I purchased the car not running, it was taken apart, I replaced the head gasket, radiator and rebuilt the transmission. Other than that I didn't mess with the car. When I showed you the vehicle, we went down the road you saw that it tracked straight, therefore I assumed it didn't need an alignment because, and i reiterate, I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAR A MONTH. I never registered it, and put less than 500 miles on it, just enough to make sure it wouldn't overheat after replacing the head gasket. I apologize for the vehicle having so many problems, I truly do, but it is yours now. I had it, didn't need/want it, now its no longer mine. Anyone who has dealt with me has seen I shoot straight, if there is a problem I'm aware of I will let you know, if I am NOT aware though, I can't let you know now can I?

I wasn't attacking any one person to begin with. I didn't lay the blame on you, and assumed that you most likely didn't know much about the car. I never did rush you on delivery of the car, and you did tell me that you used it as your DD for a while. You also didn't tell me that you rebuilt the transmission, rather you said that you replaced the synchros. If you replaced the head gasket, it eludes me how you missed the missing motor mount bolt (which was also noticable from the bottom side of the car when removing the intermediate shaft to pull the tranny), since this has the head and intake out of your way and gives you a clear view of this missing bolt, since it was on the top side. The only way you would have missed it when you were putting the car back together would be if you weren't paying attention. Also, if you replaced the radiator, why was it not mounted in place? It was free floating when I got the car; no top mounts, no bottom mounts. You didn't tell me this, or that you had rebuilt the tranny before you sold me the car. Once again, you only told me that you were doing the synchros. You didn't mess with the gearing, did you? Everyone on the forum is telling me I have an LS tranny. You rebuilt the transmission the day before I bought the car? How could you possibly do a rebuild in one day, especially if you were as busy and strapped for time as you told me you were. Also, how could you not notice the missing cotter pins on the ball joints if you had the tranny out of the car? You've got to take all of that loose just to get it out of there! I know you say "I shoot straight" but the car is saying otherwise. As far as your ownership of the car, I could only go by what you told me. My wife and I both remember you saying that you had the car for about a month and used it as your DD for a short time. I now know who is to blame for a couple of things that were thrown together so loosely and in a hurry (tranny bolts, missing radiator mounts, etc). I'm done with this conversation.

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