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That's right, we have to remove the dashboard assembly to repair your air conditioner

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Out with the old, in with the new

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It’s pretty convenient to have a dad with an auto repair shop! The Subie was running low on freon and this fancy machine was hooked up to determine how much freon was left, vaccumed out any leftover moisture, then recharged the car with fresh freon. Once freon was added back to the Subie, a dye was also added to see if the freon was leaking, and as you can see with the blacklight, it was. So the freon is pulled back out, leak repaired, then refilled again.

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Check out this repair, had to remove the cab to repair an exhaust leak

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Engine balance assembly (not all engines have this) 

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(circular end) bearing that rides the crankshaft journal, opposite end is piston and connecting rod is the center.

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Crankshaft in a 2.4 liter Toyota engine. The mark in the center of the crankshaft journal is connecting connecting rod bearing wear which caused an engine “knock”. The higher quality of the crankshaft material allowed us to polish the bearing debris (the mark you see) off of the journal. Not all crankshaft steel is as high quality which would require replacement of the entire crankshaft. 

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Thanksgiving random fun fact!! Since it was sitting on the counter with the food- #automechanicfamily. Battery terminal brush, use for cleaning corrosion from the car battery terminal and post. Why was it on the kitchen counter with the thanksgiving feast?... we will never know...

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Timing belt and water pump on Kia Sorento repair/replace.

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This 08 Chevy Malibu was brought in from another shop with the diagnosis of needing a new transmission but the pink wire you see above fixed the problem. The pink wire was the power feed to the shift solenoids. $250 job instead of $3400 transmission replacement.

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Burnt electrical connector for HVAC Control Panel (the button for heat and air control in dash) on a 2000 Grand Caravan. 

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New set of pistons being installed into Honda CRV. This repair with a valve job is called an "in-frame overhaul"- replace pistons and rings without removing the engine.

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Bearing created a loud roar from the rear of a Dodge Ram 1500. You can see the damage in first image. Also shown is the rear differential ring & pinion gear set and the housing that it all goes in.

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When a fuel pump goes bad it can burn the electrical connector.

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As gross as it looks, this is just salt damage on break lines. Most the time it causes enough damage that the break lines will have to be replaced. Common in Northern states due to salting the roads.

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Save a little $$ by having a part welded vs. buying new. Exhaust manifold

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Had to remove entire dash assembly to replace temperature door actuator motor. 9hr job on a Lincoln Town Car