LOLWelcome to Memphis...
I agree with that 100%.... it can run great until taken apart then not be the same after put back together because everything is worn in just right and even the slightest disturbance to these parts can lead to it needing to be fully rebuilt before running right again... or it'll pick up that annoying leak a new gasket wont fix etc.... something like this should be left in one piece until it needs to be rebuilt and it'll last a lot longer.I absolutely guarantee nobody but me has even touched it with tools since it was originally built....
No point in checking since it risks a bad gasket and he won't fix it if there is an issue.
Don't ask, don't tell kinda thing...
I gotta agree with your point there too... when ya look ya find something ya don't like most the time... but it runs perfectly. That's actually happened to me before. When I was a lot younger I shoehorned a 460 into a 67 Ford pickup to replace the 302 that replaced the 250 straight 6... Everything was running great on it but I had the engine out and decided to "check a few things out" before putting it back in... next thing I know I got it all the way apart to redo the valves, get a new set of lifters, and the cam lobes were all worn down pretty far... but that thing ran perfect for me and it was outrageously fast too...To be honest, I have no desire to look inside it. It runs fine.
Too much effort to lean down and look in the port with the pipe off. Lol!
Again, no point since the owner won't do anything unless it quits again.
Yep if it ain't broke.... Don't fix it....!I absolutely guarantee nobody but me has even touched it with tools since it was originally built....
No point in checking since it risks a bad gasket and he won't fix it if there is an issue.
Don't ask, don't tell kinda thing...
yup... or deciding to take a look and "holy#@$@#$%!!! How does this thing still run like that?" then take it apart and make it worse by losing something tiny but critical or breaking something trying to get it apart when it was working just fine to start with...Yep if it ain't broke.... Don't fix it....!
Many problems get created by people fixing things that ain't broke.