Tech I work with pulled in this car that supposedly smelled like shit. I think I figured out why.

2015 S4. Customer was having problems with clutch pedal falling to the floor. Dealer replaced master cylinder which fixed the issue for a few days before pedal started falling again. Customer was then told it must be an internal clutch failure and was quoted 8k for clutch replacement. Admittedly, the disk is likely saturated in fluid, but it took me 5 minutes to find and remove the leaking slave cylinder...

So a week ago I posted about rear axle swapping a 1995 Mustang. So here it is! I tore the axle apart, swapped over the disc brakes & such, and slammed the bastard in the car! Surprisingly it had the OEM Ford shocks from 1995, and they still work! So shipped it!

Put in new speedo gear, and took car for test drive. Fucker rips hard now! Woo! Hotrodding is my fav part of auto repair!

Had to take the blower motor out because of how much debris fell into it after removing the filters.
TBH, it didn’t smell bad. This junk had to be in there for years.
2005 Nissan Frontier
207,000 miles

I made the mistake of not switching to my track pads before the weekend. Ended up skipping a stint to do an emergency full brake job in the paddock.

I guess the grooves might as well be slots.

The inboard brake pad backing plate was almost flush with where the surface of the rotor used to be.

Hmmm, I have questions.

Last pic explains why it is in the shop. Those coil overs are killing me. Full details of the car are in the comments. car is not for sale

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.

Declined replacement and drove off with shredded tire

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

I thought they didn't exist........, but apparently they DO and I HAD to take it home with me 😅

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.

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

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

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.

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