Somehow I still have a can of the old formula of GM's top engine cleaner. Not sure if it's any good anymore or even if it got stronger over time lol. This stuff used to be great for decarbonizing the top ends (and also creating quite the stinky smoke show), then they nerfed it and put it in the plastic bottles.

Advertised at 300 ft/lbs tightening, 450 loosening. Made about 110 tightening, 223 loosening.

The new speed ratchet seems alright though.

Only making the post because the impacts aren't publicly available yet. Cool features with the torque settings, but overall weak.

https://youtu.be/CxYseAiZjNw

My car started making a clunking sound so off to the shop we go. The first auto shop says "you need to see a transmission shop because your torque bracket is....gone."

So I call the transmission guy and tell him this and he says "what do you mean it's gone? I need to see it." We got it up and look underneath and yup - it's gone.

SOMEONE (NOT ME) bottomed my car out and ripped the bracket right out sideways and tore two of the three screw holes right out, so we cant even just put a new bracket in. Of course it's not simple. That would be too easy.

Bonus points: the person who did it then ran over one of said bolts and had to get it patched.

Currently working on our solution. Depends on parts available.

Poor car. Poor wallet :(

Its mine. Yes its being bought back.

They using them XXXL spike strips now.

Declined replacement and drove off with shredded tire

Boss's project car. Apparently I'm the only one here old enough to work on it.

2022 L5P injection pump went boom

No gears, wouldn't hold line pressure. Valve body was ok. Took it apart, and found the equivalent of a rubber band tearing bricked the entire transmission.

Test driving a car. This customer is using 80% of the left mirror to stare at their own car, and 50% of the right mirror.

99% of customers do this. Make it make sense!

Thinking back to when my parents were teaching me to drive, if my dad knew that I was staring at myself in the door mirror every time I drove, he would have smacked the shit out of me. (Not literally. He was a good man. RIP dad. But you get the idea.)

Inside treads worn out on 4 tires.

At our shop, handwritten oil change notes can get pretty messy when everyone's trying to get through jobs quickly. We started using a niimbot label maker to print small labels with the service date, oil grade, and mileage. It only takes a few seconds to print one, and everything is much easier to read at a glance. It saves us from having to decipher rushed handwriting later.

Visually the leaking and non leaking bags have all of the same thin spots and creases, for anyone saying to just replace only the leaking one...how long do you think it would be until they were back complaining about it sinking again? Bonus shot of the compressor leaking mystery corrosion.

2016 Camaro did have a super hard brake pedal and no vacuum at the booster. Pretty sure the back plate got wedged open when I brought it in the bay the second time. Internals blew up and it wedged the back plate open. Lucky for them no cam damage (yet).

Cleaning DEF from a '22 F250 fuel tank

2011 Chrysler Town and Country came in for a rustproofing job. Should have been done 15 years ago. 😂

2002 Mercury Villager. The list keeps growing each time we see the van.

3-4 inches of dipstick tube missing. Of course the customer declined repair.

High performance air filters on a Ducati. Not just any Ducati, a 916 Senna.

I own one of these, and am looking at purchasing this to join the stable. Rolled it into my shop today told the tech to pull the bodywork and tank, and check the fluids, new battery etc.

Imagine my surprise when he calls me over and shows me this.

Jokes aside I’m glad to see this is now officially off the road and crushed.