Richards Machine Shop

mfbarnes 

on Citysearch

16 years ago

This place is a joke – These idiots claim to be a full service machine shop, The guy claimed to have built 8000 racing engines. He has had four attempts to build us an engine, none of them even made it through warm up laps. So after sending it back for the last time, I asked them not to fully assemble it, (i.e. no pan or heads and intake.), and we decided to just double check them this time. From appearances these guys have never built a 383 or 410 stroker motor. They had not properly clearanced the block. I could not get a ... read more

williamsd3377 

on Citysearch

16 years ago

I feel that I was ripped off by Richards Machine Shop – I spent over $3000.00 on an engine rebuild at this shop and found out not only did they overcharge me on many parts, but also they did a really bad job on the engine rebuild. When I confronted the owner with the problem I am having with the engine now, it seemed he tried to turn the tables and make it look like something that I did to create the problem. The engine has almost no miles on it and sounds like something is broke inside and making a hard tapping noise. In th... read more

mrrich3 

on Citysearch

18 years ago

Machine what ? Poor service, poor quality, poor communication avoid at all costs – I paid $1970 for a long block rebuild of a 2001 isuzu motor, "Thats a complete rebuild of the engine." That was in February of this year. When the engine was installed it sounded like a disel engine, it is a gas engine. I took it back to the shop, they had the vehilce for two weeks,,,,no change, I took it back to the shop again May the 2nd 2007, it was now burning a quart of oil a week and it still sounded like a disel. To date 5 weeks later t... read more