So I bought my 2001 Cobra in August of 2015 and took it to get a new clutch and flywheel replaced. The guy working on my car asked if I had ever rebuilt the motor and I told him I had not. He tells me that at one time it was replaced and then tells me that the flywheel in it is a 6 bolt when it should be an 8 bolt and he said I should try to contact the previous owner.
I did some digging and got a hold of the previous owner who said she had $4,000 of work done a year before she traded it in and she asked if I had gotten any of the paperwork she gave the dealership, which I hadn't. She gave me the number of the guy who did all the work on it.
So I called that guy who said the car was run without oil which seized the cams and put a few valves through some pistons. He replaced the motor with a remanufactured longblock from somewhere but couldn't remember where.
So since I was sold a car that they told me was all original but clearly isn't and I wasn't aware of it at the time is there anything I can do?
Seems like they might have known it had a new motor put in but decided to hide that by not giving me the paperwork.
I did some digging and got a hold of the previous owner who said she had $4,000 of work done a year before she traded it in and she asked if I had gotten any of the paperwork she gave the dealership, which I hadn't. She gave me the number of the guy who did all the work on it.
So I called that guy who said the car was run without oil which seized the cams and put a few valves through some pistons. He replaced the motor with a remanufactured longblock from somewhere but couldn't remember where.
So since I was sold a car that they told me was all original but clearly isn't and I wasn't aware of it at the time is there anything I can do?
Seems like they might have known it had a new motor put in but decided to hide that by not giving me the paperwork.
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