Quote Originally Posted by avguy View Post
But he would have to know that there was a bolt short on the cover, and that would be a huge red flag for any competent mechanic. Sending a repair job out the door plus or minus a bolt is a hack job.
Funny you should mention this. When my car seized up, and after I had it towed to my house, I peeled the timing belt cover back to see if it had snapped. While fooling around there I stuck my finger into the bolt holes and sure enough one of them was missing.

I brought this up to him this morning and he also noted that there was a bolt missing from the housing but claimed there was no way he would have dropped that particular bolt. He was entrenched in his lie at this point.

He's going to lie to get out of this repair and the costs associated with it. I have no proof other than his word against mine since he tossed all the old parts before I thought to ask them from him. If I decide to take this to court, I'll have a tough case to prove.