I have some pictures that I have taken of some customer stuff- mostly to show them what I saw when I tore into it- to help them relate and I thought I'd share them with you.
This is a rocker arm set up off of a 2002 Neon. Put a re-manned head on it as the other one had a burnt exhaust valve. A week later it came back making an awful knocking racket... I found the rocker shaft hold down bolts had worked loose (their fault) and also the lobe of the cam was hitting the bottom of the rocker. WEIRD! The head was done by a national company. NEVER AGAIN will I use this company! Between their games with warranty (they wanted to make the owner wait while they sorted things out first) and prior experiences with them, I'm done.
Here is a custom transmission cooler line for a 2003 Focus. One was discontinued and both were damaged, so I made my own
Here is a tire that an old gal was driving around on! She wanted me to repair it... Wasn't gonna happen!
Needed to replace a motor mount on a Mitsubishi- all three bolts broke. Despite the appearance of room, there was none- I had to drill them from the bottom... Not too bad huh?
A rebuilt 4.0 SOHC going into an Explorer Sport Trac. The only problem I had was a leaky hose. Came back twice- finally solved it with a different brand hose and a Gates thermal band hose clamp. Didn't take an after shot, but I pressure washed the engine bay for him to pretty it up a bit.
This belonged to a smokin hot college girl- her AC didn't work. Car was in a front end accident (they bought like that as a salvage titled car) The hack that put it back together not only din't properly repair the wires, but also connected a green wire to a green/blk and vice versa. After that the clutch would engage but wouldn't cool- had TONS of high side pressure. Finally evac'ed it, and recharged it- worked fine. Only thing I can figure is they never vac'ed it out- just added refrigerant.
First motorcycle tank I've ever painted. Took a computer and some cash in trade for that work.
Here is a wounded 3.6 in a Caddy- owner was complaining of high oil consumption. Root cause was poorly sealed/seated air filter and housing. Quick lube strikes again!
3.0 Vulcan with a miss on cyl 5. Another shop didn't get the wires in their loom clamps and it fell against the EGR tube
Gunky Rochester 4 Jet off of a 1965 Old 98 with a 425. Run pretty darned good afterwards- heck of a sweet cruiser.
An old Ferguson tractor. Had to put an input shaft seal in it. Was still down about 2 gallons of oil and it was already dripping out of the seal! Took less than an hour to get that far. Also converted it to 12 volts- made a custom alternator mount for it, re-wired it, repaired the radiator, replaced the PTO seal, the axle seals, brakes, made a custom battery hold down and so on.
Here is a short video of a wounded GM 5.3 in a Suburban- they opted to replace the engine with a re-man. Only natural since the owner is an area rep for the company that did the engine. Yes, that's the engine making that noise, no it's not an accessory drive. It too got a pressure washer bath before the owner took it back.
After the swap:
A slightly loose left rear bearing in a 2002 Explorer
This is a rocker arm set up off of a 2002 Neon. Put a re-manned head on it as the other one had a burnt exhaust valve. A week later it came back making an awful knocking racket... I found the rocker shaft hold down bolts had worked loose (their fault) and also the lobe of the cam was hitting the bottom of the rocker. WEIRD! The head was done by a national company. NEVER AGAIN will I use this company! Between their games with warranty (they wanted to make the owner wait while they sorted things out first) and prior experiences with them, I'm done.
Here is a custom transmission cooler line for a 2003 Focus. One was discontinued and both were damaged, so I made my own
Here is a tire that an old gal was driving around on! She wanted me to repair it... Wasn't gonna happen!
Needed to replace a motor mount on a Mitsubishi- all three bolts broke. Despite the appearance of room, there was none- I had to drill them from the bottom... Not too bad huh?
A rebuilt 4.0 SOHC going into an Explorer Sport Trac. The only problem I had was a leaky hose. Came back twice- finally solved it with a different brand hose and a Gates thermal band hose clamp. Didn't take an after shot, but I pressure washed the engine bay for him to pretty it up a bit.
This belonged to a smokin hot college girl- her AC didn't work. Car was in a front end accident (they bought like that as a salvage titled car) The hack that put it back together not only din't properly repair the wires, but also connected a green wire to a green/blk and vice versa. After that the clutch would engage but wouldn't cool- had TONS of high side pressure. Finally evac'ed it, and recharged it- worked fine. Only thing I can figure is they never vac'ed it out- just added refrigerant.
First motorcycle tank I've ever painted. Took a computer and some cash in trade for that work.
Here is a wounded 3.6 in a Caddy- owner was complaining of high oil consumption. Root cause was poorly sealed/seated air filter and housing. Quick lube strikes again!
3.0 Vulcan with a miss on cyl 5. Another shop didn't get the wires in their loom clamps and it fell against the EGR tube
Gunky Rochester 4 Jet off of a 1965 Old 98 with a 425. Run pretty darned good afterwards- heck of a sweet cruiser.
An old Ferguson tractor. Had to put an input shaft seal in it. Was still down about 2 gallons of oil and it was already dripping out of the seal! Took less than an hour to get that far. Also converted it to 12 volts- made a custom alternator mount for it, re-wired it, repaired the radiator, replaced the PTO seal, the axle seals, brakes, made a custom battery hold down and so on.
Here is a short video of a wounded GM 5.3 in a Suburban- they opted to replace the engine with a re-man. Only natural since the owner is an area rep for the company that did the engine. Yes, that's the engine making that noise, no it's not an accessory drive. It too got a pressure washer bath before the owner took it back.
After the swap:
A slightly loose left rear bearing in a 2002 Explorer
