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YOUR RESEARCHIMS Installation Verification?
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I saw the receipt for the install labor from the shop that installed the new bearing, but he did not have a receipt for the actual bearing itself.
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The price he said he paid for the upgrade was lower than the cost of the part so I was skeptical, he offered to adjust price but at the time I had my eyes on another one too and went the other way.
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Mine was replaced by the PO when the engine was swapped for reasons unrelated to the IMS bearing.
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I believe he used the Pelican IMS bearing retrofit kit, which is only about $165.
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The price he said he paid for the upgrade was lower than the cost of the part so I was skeptical, he offered to adjust price but at the time I had my eyes on another one too and went the other way.
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Thinking back, I could have replaced the original manual and sold the old one on eBay for $1000.00.
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The price he said he paid for the upgrade was lower than the cost of the part so I was skeptical, he offered to adjust price but at the time I had my eyes on another one too and went the other way.
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Lessay you were interested in someone's 996, and they represented to you the IMS bearing had been replaced. How far would you go to verify this?
1 Rely on their word (I'm sure many have done only this)
2 Insist on seeing a receipt for the work
3 Call the shop that did the work
4 Insist on an affidavit from the shop
5 As part of the PPI, insist on a teardown to see the new part
I'm being a little facetious with number 5, but the point is this is not a part like a brake pad or tire that can be easily be verified visually, and, I think we can all agree, there ARE unscrupulous people in this world - especially when it comes to a small part that can add hundreds if not thousands to a price.
On a related note, I am planning on doing my IMS soon and wonder what is the best documentation I should plan on getting from the shop for ironclad verification - pictures? receipt? affidavit? keep the old bearing? All?
They come with a decal with the SN that is supposed to be affixed to the car. Normally in the door jamb; my shop put it under the rear deck lid. That plus receipt should be sufficient, imho
That'll do it. I always say that a very thorough record of IMS installation is a bloody thumbprint. I had that done when I bought my sweet Motor Trend car of the year 1981 (see photo below). Not for the IMSB replacement, but for actual "corinthian" leather verification.
Per the previous post, there should be a sticker on the drivers side door (possibly another area of the car). I'd also like to see the receipt/work order. Conversation with the shop would also be great (especially if they did other work on the car)....may be dumb, but make sure it is a paid work order/actual receipt vs a quote for work to be done. Had a bad situation a while back with a seller trying to pass off a quote for documentation that work had been completed.
Sticker is only for genuine LN units. If you get any alternative IMS retrofit, you might take a video of your car, your car going into the mechanics shop, video zooming in on your vin, video zooming in on your engine serial, video of your mechanic, video of mechanic draining the oil, zoom in on the oil, video of cut open oil filter, zoom in on the pleats, then video of a current newspaper your mechanic has laying around to verify date, then video of your cluster gauge for the miles, then grab a lawn chair and shoot a video of your mechanic doing the work, then video of your mechanic saying he found no particles in the oil or anywhere else, then a video of yourself (smiling) to prove you, the current owner got it done. All this has to be done in one take as to not arouse suspicion of any video editing accusations by the future owner.
P.S. Make sure you have plenty battery life left before shooting the video.
I had the LNE Retrofit done on my ex-996. My Indy put the sticker on the inside cover of my owners manual.
Thinking back, I could have replaced the original manual and sold the old one on eBay for $1000.00.
Rat farts...
Mine was replaced by the PO when the engine was swapped for reasons unrelated to the IMS bearing. There were many items replaced at that time, including the clutch. I believe he used the Pelican IMS bearing retrofit kit, which is only about $165. I saw the receipt for the install labor from the shop that installed the new bearing, but he did not have a receipt for the actual bearing itself. So I called the shop that did the bearing replacement to verify the receipt for the labor plus to ask about some other work they did because it bothered me that he didn't have a part receipt for the bearing. If he had sprung for the LNE bearing, there surely would have been a receipt.
the chain tensioners have to be removed for the ims installation so you
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be able to some marks. i believe that part of the engine is covered with cosmoline so it may show some signs.
I was looking at one on Auto Trader who said it was done but I asked him to find receipt or sticker and he couldn't find it. The price he said he paid for the upgrade was lower than the cost of the part so I was skeptical, he offered to adjust price but at the time I had my eyes on another one too and went the other way.
I don't think he was offended by my asking.
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