Bolt Locker
7509 US Hwy 53 South
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Mark your receipt " Return for Refund"
Failure to do so will only delay the refund. The kit must be returned in the condition in which it was sent or you will be responsible for a 30% repacking and restocking fee. This is non- negotiable
The fact of the matter is that you claim that it will not work for your application, so I am refunding your money plain and simple.
Send the kit back, receive your refund... done deal.
I'm sorry that this kit will not fit your application as it does for hundreds of others. To hold any further conversation in this matter will serve no purpose, nor will it provide change of position.
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73blazer <
[email protected]> wrote:
I'll return the kit. Thank you. Please send me the proper return address and any other information required to return. (Return authorization number, etc.)
Really, I'm not complaing, just noting the fasteners that simply I cannot use. But since you take issue with me kindly noting what is wrong, I guess now I will complain.
I told you I didn't care about the header bolts or the "too many" intake bolts, the intake bolts are a problem because they are the WRONG DIAMETER. I'm not making this stuff up. Normally, I'm pretty easy to deal with too. Look at my feedback, 100%. I was just noting the bolts that were incorrect for bone stock my 4.3l. As far as Carbs go, most people I know in the 4x4 world, stick with the bone stock Q-Jet, if your kit is for aftermarket holleys, then it should state that. If it's for a TBI setup, it should state that, by the way, your bolts are still wrong for a factory TBI setup, they are right, however, as you mention, for an aftermarket Holley carb.
I have a REAL hard time to believe anyone could put together a 4.3l V6 engine with these bolts, like you say, over half of them are incorrect. What you say about the stud bolt is wrong as well, I can go to my local hardware store and buy them. Or the local auto parts store, and I live in a small town. If your kit is for building an aftermarket performer, mabey these bolts fit all the aftermarket stuff, but they certianly don't fit my stock 4.3l, period. As stated before, I was willing to eat the header bolts because you specifically stated "aftermarket headers", but what about the intake bolts being the wrong diameter? I know you say hex head, but I kinda of figured since the stock center bolt valve covers on 4.3l engines have indented countersunk holes for the bolt head, impossible to use a hex bolt, I figured the kit would come with the proper bolt. The only aftermaket valve covers I've seen for 4.3l V6 are perimiter style, and those covers need a much shorter bolt than what you supplied, frankly, I don't know what this valve cover bolt fit, besides a chevy 350 center bolt cover.
Out of 200+ transactions on eBay, this is the first time I've ever had to return something.
Regards,
Kenneth J. Snyder
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Charles Clark wrote:
> The kit is what it is. There are two alternatives. return the kit for a refund of the purchase price or use the kit as it is. The kit fits all of the 4.3's that I have build myself and also fits the 4.3's that each on the 7 commercial machine shops that use our products have built.
>
> I'm sorry that you are dissapointed in what you received, but I refuse to believe that ALL of the things that you seem to think are wrong are actually wrong since none of the machine shops have run into any problems. First, You seem to be complaining that you have TOO AMNY intake bolts. You received 12 because some require 8 some require 12. But this seems to be a problem for you. The "Header "Bolts" are for aftermarket headers, not Tublar Exhaust Manifolds... There is a difference. The bolts supplied will fit up to 3/8" thick flanges. To the best of my knowledge, there are no "Header Manufacturers that use any flanges thicker than this. The listing says Aftermarket headers, thats all.
>
> The bolt kit is Hex Head period. Just because the factory uses button head and or torks head, for the valve covers is completely irrelivent. I have personnally assembled these engines with both factory and after market valve covers with out any problems.
>
> As for your carburetor. The bolts supplied fit the Throttle body injection which is most common and also Holley, Carter, Edlebrock, Preditor, and Barry Grant carburetors. If this were the only or one of the few issues you had, I would easily send bolts for the Rochester Carb. Honestly, I was not even aware that the factory still offered the rochester computer controlled carb as standard equipment.
>
> The " stud bolts " you are refering to are not available in the aftermarket period. Most people that do this kind of work would know that you simply put the bolt through the bracket before putting the bolt in the hole and installing it.
>
> Ordinarily, I am pretty easy to deal with and send out replacement bolts for both custom applications and to make adjustments fit a particular application that the bolts in the kit do not exactly fit.. But since you seem to think that you need to have over 1/2 of the kit replaced, I do not feel doing this is going to settle the situation. I also do not feel that what you seem to find as a problem with the kit is actually a valid problem with the kit.
>
> So here is the exact options that I am willing to offer. You pay to return the kit. When I receive it I will refund the purchase price ($35.95) or keep the kit.
>
>
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> 73blazer <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I recieved this bolt kit today.
> There are several wrong things in it:
>
> Headers: I have the stock tubular exhaust manifold, bolts are a good 1
> to 1.5" short. They do however fit my stock 350 v8 cast iron exhaust
> manifold. The tublar manifold is standard
> equipment on all 4.3l engines since inception (1985), you can't just use
> the same bolts as a sbc v8 motor.
>
> Intake Manifold: These bolts appear to be for the old stype pre-vortec
> days, they are the wrong diameter and length for a 1996-Up Vortec heads,
> and there's too many (vortec heads have
> 8 bolts, as oppsed to the pre-vortecs 12)
> You really need to ask (I guess I should have
> asked but forgot these engines came with non vortec heads for a few
> years) if a pre-vortec or vortec style
> heads (1985-1995 is pre-vortec, 1996-up is vortec)
>
> Valve covers: these 4.3Ls have indented center bolt mounting holes, and
> require a torx or allen head, hex head is unable to fasten once inserted
> into cover. The 350 center bolt ones are differnt, they can use a hex.
> 4.3l engines, cannot. Factory supplies a torx head style bolt.
>
> Carbeurator: I have the stock Q-Jet carb, takes 2 long and 2 short, your
> kit provides 4 short bolts.
>
> I won't mention the 2 required stud bolts in the oil pan, and the 1
> stud bolt required for the header to mount the front right power
> steering bracket, because the auction states "bolts" not stud bolts, but
> if you wanted to make a really nice kit, the stud bolts would be a nice
> addition.
> I won't press the header issue because the auction states for
> performance style aftermarket headers, but these bolts are even 1.5"
> short for my 350 aftemarket headers as well, not sure how 4.3l headers
> come. I think I've seen some headers with thin flange style mounting,
> but any good header, like the stock tubular manifold on my 4.3L and the
> aftermarket headers on my 350 engine, has a thick (1") mounting bushing,
> the flange style tend to warp easily.
>
> Please advise the correct course to get the above issues corrected.
> Please email or preferebly phone if you wish to discuss. Thank you.
>
> Kenneth J. Snyder
> XXX.XXX.XXXX
>
>
>
> Thank you for your e-mail questions and your business, both are always appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Chuck Clark
> Bolt Locker - Corvettes Plus
>
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Sincerely,
Chuck Clark
Bolt Locker - Corvettes Plus
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