The machinist did take a long time to get it back together, however that's kinda how it goes with him and i hadn't contacted him very often to crack the whip so it was partly me. I had to buy a junk 400 for a rod and the other new parts. He replaced the bearings piston rings @ rehoned the #7 cylinder. when i picked it up we both agreed that there was no way he could have know that it was going to contact the oil pump shaft as he didn't assemble it all the way. After we came to that conclusion i started getting my checkbook out and he let me know that this one was on him. good guy and i fell bad for ever questioning him. It was a bad situation and could have been avoided by checking his employees work but I would rather go to this guy from now on seeing how he won't stiff me and has good customer service. Thanks for all the help in diagnosing this whole ordeal but, in the end all i was really out was 6 months and this is a 5 year project probably.
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