Recent content by krjcook

Alright guys, here's sn update. Drove the car to the shop and noticed a rod knock. Didn't even bother tearing it apart because spark plug #2 is misfiring and oil fouled. And I'm assuming the rings are worn. And my parts guy was having trouble with parts availability. So i parked itwith...

Thanks to all you guys. Really appreciated. I'm dropping the whole front cradle the whole power train if permissible

So I just bought a car for $200 that had coolant in the oil. My plan was to test it was to see what cyl failed and tear the engine down to see what all it needs in the rebuild. Now I've done heavy line work before but never rebuilt an engine so this more of a lesson than anything. If the...

It $80 bucks but Oh well. So done with thinking about this car.

You guy's are right. I was looking for a short cut where there shouldn't be one. I guess I shouldn't rely on help from a Technician that I think knows what he's doing. Ask him to just pull on the pry bar while I whacked out the ball joint. I walked away after being paged by a service advisor...

I would too. if it was a customer's car, but its just a Sales Car. And with my coworker tearing up the knuckle and me having to pay for it. I'd rather just swap it out because getting other make's parts to our dealership is a pain and a full day's wait. They only order OEM. But this car is...

Hello everyone. So here's my dilemma. I need to press out a wheel bearing from a 2013 Ford Focus and Transfer them to a new knuckle. Now I've pressed out bearing and bushings before, but I only with shop press dies. Now I'm at a new shop and their press doesn't have any laying around and...

I've been promoted in my job and need to step up to a better scan tool. The one's the Tool Guys bring around are neat and nice and though I'm heavily leaning towards the Matco MaxMe. But I'd rather have one PC based if I can. What software are you guys using?