I will go out on a limb here and stake my reputation (cos it's not much of a reputation to stake! ) by saying that I've spoken to Martyn many times, and met him, and I'm not convinced he would've knowingly ripped you off.
Very good that you spotted the possible problem though, and were prepared to fix it before selling. I rebuilt Monkey's motor a couple of years ago, and there was a badly damaged thread in the top crankcase half (from a previous rebuild) that would just bite. I tore the motor apart again and had the casing repaired and machined rather than hope it would be OK. It cost him what it cost me to have it repaired... no extra for a second total crank-out stripdown and rebuild.
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