This August, it will be 7 years since this rider sent me his engine (from NM) for rebuild. He told me what he wanted (0.5mm overbore, new top-end parts, check thru bottom end for anything needed). About 2 months afterward, he still had not sent his 'down payment' to cover parts, though. About 12 months later, I got an e-mail from him from somewhere in the Northeast, saying he was being moved around a lot for work, go ahead with the rebuild - still no $$. So, I paid for the whole rebuild, trying to send him updates as I went, but his phone ceased working, as did his e-mail. Engine was finished and stored (crate, too).
Two years later I got an e-mail that said he was in UK, on business, would contact me when he got home to the USA. Two more years went by with no further contact.
Last summer (or maybe it was Spring, don't remember now) he contacted me by phone to tell me he would see if his friend in Florida, where his apartment was, could find a place to store it for him, but he was back in Connecticut.
Since then, no contact, no response to any e-mails I have sent out to him, and his old phone number doesn't work. His crate was shipped from a public dock in NM 7 years ago, they have no idea who he was.
I need to sell this engine, as I have stored it now for years, am out of work (the where place I worked is closing), and need the space and $$. What say you? In Colorado, as in many places, there is a Mechanics' Lien law that states in part, "...if the [bill] is not paid within 91 days, the [property] becomes property of the proprietor who performed the major work.." - the general spirit is, of course, directed at public businesses, not hobbies and pasttimes like mine.
Opinions?
Anyone want a freshly-rebuilt K1 engine?
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