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Empirical evidence that there is a first time for everything..🤣

Thanks Keith. Like you, I love having the top flipped back. I flip it back when driving around town even, but the wife doesn't care...

Thank you. Different engine manufacturers and even different configurations within those brands have varying steps or processes for the...

Last of the pictures from last night's work. All of the timing components removed and laid out on the workbench. Next the fun part...

Back to work on the Buick LaCrosse. To remove the front timing cover, there is a threaded hole that goes into a blind pocket in the...

That reminds me of one of my early "wins" when I started my car repair business. A lady called me with a BMW that kept throwing lean...

Agreed. I will say that in being fair to the owner, I don't think he was questioning me per se, I think he was just asking why I didn't...

Similar situation Sterling. You may recall the 2005 Volvo I worked on a couple months back. It kept coming back with intermittent...

30K miles seems like more than enough time for the parts to go from fine to marginal. Now with the updated parts you may advise about...

A friend just did a 5.3 swap into his 2001 Chevy SWB pickup. After the swap the rebuilt P/S pump was howling and the new fuel pressure...

Exactly Scott. I remember telling the client that I saw no camshaft variation codes before tearing into the timing chain/tensioner job...

It's tough with this kind of stuff, where do you stop recommending replacement "because you're already in there"? Things can start to...

I guess that's a good point. Maybe it just "feels" like it's more recent and I almost feel guilty having to do this job again for the...

That's funny Jason. I actually had to scroll back to that picture to understand what you were talking about. I didn't see that small...

Mike, the first part above is what sets you head and shoulders above a lot of people - your love of learning, and your love of sharing...