drum roll please......
cedar point doesnt have a roller coaster that compairs to the one ive been on today.
thismorining i call the isuzu dealer to clarify what was going on with the vx. he told me that the techs determined that the timing belt was installed WRONG. with the timing being off, this caused the engine to start pouring gas down the cats which is why i was getting the codes. this is why my repiar was denied, and why the good will repair was denied also. so we closed the conversation with me asking what my bill was, and the isuzu guy said 90.00, which i thought was alright, i would at least know what was the matter, no, it wasnt running, cats wernt put on, but i knew what was wrong.

THEN..........

after struggling thru my day, with all this grinding in my head and trying to work, i get a call at 5:30. its the isuzu dealer. mind you, this is his second day on the job as service manager. so he calls and says "david, i have good news for you" and then my connection goes out on my cell phone. AGGGGGHHHHHH, so i drive up to the top of the proporty where i have a signal, call him back, and he continues with the good news.

YES, my timing is off, and thats why my cats went bad, BUT, (heres the good part....
wait for it.....)

he made some phone calls, had a pow wow with some people, and discoverd a federal emmisions act of some sort, and isuzu is going to replace my cats, apparantly at NO CHARGE!!!!!! he also said that he will make sure that my timing is set correctly, but that he would probably have to charge a little for that service, but with the other news he had given me, that is no problem AT ALL!!!!
i dont know what emmisions act or thing hes talking about, but hey, im not complaining. WHAT A GUY!!!
he also said he would give me a full write up on what is wrong with the timing for my suit against the other shop so that i would have a good offense!!!

he did say, that that the parts were on order as we spoke, he didnt know when they would be in, but they were ordered. from another recent post, theere seems to be SOME wait, but im getting pretty good at that.

wow, what a relief....i still have a bit of a battle, but my vx is in goood hands now, and thats worth alot.