This old girl has not been run for years. Adam put the engine in a few months back, but has not had a chance to deal with the ignition until this week. We're expecting some problems. Read More
Interesting stuff if you're into this kind of thing. It's not that uncommon to find that someone has tinkered with an air-cooled engine without being aware of some unusual and subtle requirements. That being the case, you never know what you're going to find when you go in for a simple valve adjustment, as in this instance. Read More
A few months after getting an oil change, this customer started seeing a "oil level too high" message. Read More
The engine in this car was originally designed for the C-Coupe from the early 2000s. That was a port-injected, naturally aspirated affair. Now they've bolted on a vacuum pump to one cam, a high pressure fuel pump to the other cam, beefed up the timing chain to more than twice its original strength, and put a turbo on it. Read More
Adam (pictured above) rebuilt this engine 500 miles ago, and now it's back for a valve adjustment. Read More
What do you do when you're removing a glow plug in your Sprinter and the darn thing breaks off because it's seized in the cylinder head? This happens as often as it doesn't. Read More
This beautiful flagship sedan would whistle while the engine was running, with poor engine performance. The oil separator had failed - simple enough. Read More
Here's something you really don't see every day. A fragment of steel from the flex plate flew off while the engine was running, and tore into the crankshaft position sensor. Read More
Just in for scheduled maintenance, there's nothing wrong with this car, in any way, shape or form. New Pirellis will be installed before she leaves our shop. I love this Anthracite Brown. Not to be a hater, but Porsche's Cognac Brown is a bit much, like blackstrap molasses when you could have used Vermont maple syrup. Read More
The driver's seat in this car is broken. Despite its sumptuous leather stuffed with comfy cushions, motors, levers, cables and sensors, the steel frame broke. The backrest would not stay locked in place, rendering it floppy and unusable. Read More