I'll leave this as my last comment on this matter, Down deep I know my buddy is a good guy, his intentions are good and we have spent many hours under his vehicles and mine lending a helping hand but this was bigger and needed to be handled different and sometimes things don't always work out the way they do. He said he would help me and I said I would pay him. Now I am not going to be the one to sit there and expect him to drop the world for me, that's not realistic BUT when I am told things and they are not followed through it is not right, when I offered to bring another buddy when he was busy I was told not to and wasted hours and hours of my day, that's not right. I was told I would become a priority after the other cars were taken care of and put plenty of hours working on other things to help him. Getting help costs money and I have been free of charge for MANY hours, including an engine swap on a ranger, helping on a sound system, derusting framerails, painting them, the list goes on. On the topic of craftsmanship and getting things done, do I produce NASA aircraft tig welded beauty? NO without a doubt I do not, but things go deeper then looks, it's all about what works and I can guarantee that my h3 has been put through more hell then any other h3 around in many different settings, on and off road. Right after finishing my SAS I drove it hundreds of miles to vegas and back because it's a vehicle that is meant for multiple uses I have logged 9k miles on it since from August to the end of January before the motor failed without any major issue landing me on a tow truck and that includes driving out of state drives. So while the craftsmanship may be questioned so be it but I have a driving vehicle that can do whatever I need up until this point that was built in many stages from a driveway that was given permission to be worked on in that setting and never had an HOA issue. This came at me and I did something different, let me fall on my face, let me get pist, let things not work, let me fail it's a fact of life and I will get back up and continue to try. If all else fails I still have an entire I5 harness, PCM and everything I need to put another one in but with YouTube, Google, and the will to make it work I will hope that it does work out. I don't need the Mr. Rich stamp of approval, if I lived life trying to please everyone else then I could not be happy myself. Just trying to post a thread of a DIY v8 swap so people can see the problems and things needed to make it work.
