H&H engine re-builders

Ed Saniewski said:
Thanks to all for the input. A correction to my post before, My friends problem was the rear main was leaking a lot of oil, he wanted to bring the car back but they said no,that's when Schwalms made him pull the engine and return it. When he got the engine back it would not run. Schwalms then sent a mechanic out to the house and they found the timing gear was not set correctly. After that the car has run great.The other friend in our club has not found the problem yet.
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I had my local machinist build my motor and Schwalms did the mains. When my machinist started to put my motor together he noticed that the indent in the cam gear was in the wrong place, brand new gear from Snyders, he set top dead center for me and I put the rest together and it started on first crank. I would not totally blame the machinist on everything as most of the parts probably come from China, point being how can you get a timing mark off, wouldn't you think there is a standard way of setting up the procedure?
 
i know the guys at h&h and they do good work .its to bad you only hear about the few problems and not about the hundreds of good engines they turn out. this goes for anyone on the barn you always hear about all the negitives first.
 
kevin prus does snyders engines. the name of the shop is kevin prus engineering and they only do babbits....
 

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I have been quite pleased with my ANTIQUE ENGINE REBUILDERS from Skokie, IL, job they did for me with inserts, hi compression head, balanced shaft, lightened wheel, hardened and over bored valves, etc.
all at a very good price.
They met me in HERSHEY and exchanged for my core at that time. I arranged for it ahead of time.
 
The counterbalanced engine in Minerva, my '30 coupe that I had to sell to pay care home costs, was built by Adam Reid in Turlock, Ca. in 1996 & ran flawlessly & VERY quiet!
A dear friend bought a wrecked slant window with a low mileage H & H engine, straightened & painted the car, tested it locally for 27 miles, took off ALONE! and drove up to Northern Montana & the Canadian Border. Only problem was overheating twice on a loooong 13 mile constant grade. Then he realized he was over-advancing for that speed, trying to get MORE power, no more problems.
That's a common mistake, I've unconsciously done it myself a time or two in the hills. Remember, in the hills, Sorta' match the advance to the speed. Like, 1/2 speed=1/2 advance.
My point is, there's a lot of rebuilders, and some are not always BAD some are not always GOOD! The mechanic/machinist that NEVER has "comebacks" ain't doing much! Some problems MAY be caused by owners finishing up the assembly of a rebuilt "short block" done by a reputable company. Would he ADMIT his mistakes, or using "BAD" components, NO! he'd probably blame it on the rebuilder ?????????? Bill W.
 
If you are in New Jersey try J&M http://jandm-machine.com/ not too far from you in Massachusetts. They are very nice to deal with, reasonable, and do great work that they stand by. They do all antique engines and rebuilt the only running PT Boat engine. Check them out, they did mine.
 
I have never saw an employee that wanted to do a bad job. They may make mistakes but they are not on purpose. Maybe a disgruntled employee on his way out the door but most people do the best they can.

A friend owns a car repair service. His biggest problem is the customer telling him how and what he has to fix. The customer is usually wrong on what is causing the problem.

I can see somebody taking their engine to be rebuilt and telling the builder that only the center main bearing needs to be replaced. Then after the other bearings fail he blames the engine builder. This happens a lot more than faulty workmanship. The mechanic would be smart to not work these types of customers.
 
Antique Engine Rebuilders (Richard Faluka) in Skokie gets my recommendation and that of a number of my friends and fellow club members. Good work Stands behin d is work And priced at market value
 
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